Nick Hargrave: If we join the EEA, others might follow – thus creating a Europe-wide, non-federalist alternative to the EU

As a bloc with heightened economic weight, with the UK as a key influence, it would have greater flexibility to negotiate over issues such as immigration and budgetary contributions.

Desmond Swayne: Weaning parents off disposable nappies

We must look at the benefits that reusable nappies can offer, and promote greater awareness so that people can make an informed choice.

Amber Rudd: Our responsibility to the next generation requires us to tackle climate change

We have demonstrated in government that, with rigorous dedication to competition and innovation, this conservative mission can be fulfilled.

White Flag or Union Flag?

As our proprietor and his co-author prepare to release a new book on defence, we say again what we’ve said before about the implications of Brexit for the armed forces.

Henry Newman: What will the EU look like after we have left it?

Our exit in will coincide with a new cycle of European elections which will redraw political power in the European Parliament and other EU institutions.

Julie Lenarz: A change in approach offers the best chance of ending the war in Yemen

Allowing Hodeidah, the country’s main port, to remain under the control of Houthi rebels is simply making the situation worse.

Penny Mordaunt: We will get stick from the Corbynistas. And from the small-minded. But we are backing this move to support disabled people none the less.

We believe in freedom – which is why we’ve initiated this Global Disability Summit.

Gavin Williamson: Why raising the number and profile of women in our armed forces is a priority for me

Parity is important because it sends a message that we believe in the equality that our women and men are working to protect in conflict zones.

Rafael L Bardaji and Davis Lewin: Hamas needs dead Palestinians at Israel’s borders

Defensive actions taken by the IDF have resulted in fatalities. Only when absolutely necessary and legally permitted, has force been used.

Nicky Morgan: For too long, the Party has appeased Brexiteer obsessives. It’s time for One Nation Tories to fight back.

The ‘bins and council tax’ message which resonated in the local elections needs to be turned into a ‘public services, security and cost of living’ message nationally.

Iain Dale: As I prepared for my Question Time debut, I heard that Diane Abbott had pulled out. Was it something I said?

Plus: May in trouble and Rudd in danger over Windrush. Corbyn stumbles. The pound rises. Local elections loom. And: the dignity of Neville Lawrence.

Syria. MPs to argue about the stable door after the horse has bolted – or, rather, is back inside.

The Prime Minister faces a difficult afternoon – but will be aided by the unwillingess of Tory backbenchers to line up with Jeremy Corbyn.

May’s gambit. To blame Assad not for one attack, but for “a persistent pattern of behaviour”.

She cited the attack in Salisbury: “We cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised….in Syria, on the streets of the UK…

Ben Roback: The West’s response to Syria is in Trump’s hands

The atrocity demands a response, but will the President favour international diplomacy or military action?

The Syrian horror. No easy answers.

Public opinion would back missile strikes against Assad, and arming a credible opposition, were there to be one. But not more western boots on the ground.