Howard Flight: The best part of a week on, we can see that last week’s Budget was a popular one

The Chancellor has been fortunate that the public finances have improved substantially at a particularly convenient time.

Stephen Purvis: Squeezing investors to fund the NHS would backfire on the Treasury

Targeted tax breaks on investment create jobs and pay dividends for the public purse. The long-term interests of our public services are not served by cutting them.

Andrew Lilico: Next week, Hammond must present a Budget for Brexit

In the first article of a new mini-series, the economist urges the Chancellor to deploy the savings and revenues secured by leaving the EU.

The 14 Conservatives who voted against the ERG’s Customs Bill amendment on tariffs

Frank Field, Kate Hoey, Graham Stringer and Kelvin Hopkins voted with the Government.

Rebecca Lowe: Why aren’t more politicians making the moral case for lower taxes?

We’re not only better than others at making choices about how to spend our own lives and money – it’s also extremely important for us to be able to do so.

Sheila Lawlor: The Lords’ amendments are legally unnecessary and economically counter-productive

They assume that no deal would be a disaster, but in fact the £40 billion we’re set to pay the EU could be a real boost to the British economy.

Jonathan Clark: How should we reform our tax system after Brexit?

In the post-leave springtime, it will be worth considering what would happen if all three were abolished and replaced by a single Turnover Tax.

Alex Morton: Scrapping coins and squeezing cash would be an assault on our own voters

The Treasury should be saved from itself by bringing the Party Chairman in to scrutinise the Autumn Budget before it is finalised.

Which taxes should Tories cut? 1) Sam Dumitriu: No virtue-signalling giveaways, hammer taxes that hold back growth

After our recent series asked ‘What should Tories tax?’, the Adam Smith Institute’s Head of Research kicks off a new mini-series seeking routes to lower taxes.

Conor Short: A minimum wage is a worker’s right. So why can’t every worker have it?

I suggest exploring the possibility of categorising self-employed work into two categories – self-employed work, and agency-supplied self-employed work.

Iain Dale: Don’t believe claims of fewer EU nationals and doctors since the Brexit vote

Plus: We need a Housing Minister who will do for new homes what Michael Heseltine did with development corporations in the 1980s.

Hammond’s economicky survivorish escapy Budget

The lack of a Conservative Commons majority prevented the Chancellor from doing much more than playing it safe – which he did effectively.

James Arnell: Ready on Day One for Brexit. 1) Money. If there’s no deal, and the EU fails to play fair, we shouldn’t pay it a penny.

I would propose that we pay a total of €12 billion as our “divorce bill” – even if there’s no FTA. But subject to three conditions.

With the terror threat level at critical, Johnson launches a leadership bid – or so his critics say

His Telegraph article message: “Britain can flourish on WTO”. And how it will inevitably be read: “With May out of Number 10 – and me in”. Watch for calls for his dismissal.

Charlie Elphicke: Ready on Day One to keep the Common Travel Area and avoid a hard border in Ireland

The third article in a five-piece series by the author on how Britain must prepare for March 31 2019 – and has less than 600 days to get it right.