John Redwood: Let’s have a Conservative Queen’s speech

The Government needs to trust the people more and resort to rule-making less. This Queen’s speech should set that tone.

Gavin Rice: There are better ways to invest in Universal Credit than the £20 uplift

Targeted support aimed at making work pay or supporting families with children would be a wiser use of the money.

Iain Duncan Smith: The Universal Credit uplift is an opportunity, not a problem. It helps to save taxpayers’ money and improve lives.

As the jobs market expands, the taper could be lowered. This would leave low hours workers with more money, helping accelerate them into full-time work.

Paul Maynard: There are better ways to help low-income families than the Universal Credit uplift

There will always be a case for just giving people money, but ministers should consider a much wider spread of better-targeted interventions instead.

Joe Shalam: We can’t let an unemployment crisis become a debt crisis

The fourth in our mini-series of pieces from the Centre for Social Justice on the virus – and helping those in deep poverty.

Syed Kamall: Rashford’s campaign calls for state action – but equally highlights the power of individuals and community

The recent debate on free school meals has shown, among many things, the impact of local civil society non-state organisations.

WATCH: “You will not face this alone”, says Sunak. The Government’s Coronavirus press conference.

“Getting through this will require a collective national effort with a role for everyone to pay: people, businesses, government. It’s on all of us.”

James Frayne: Ten errors that Conservatives must avoid making about the new working class voters who backed them last month

Listening to conversations in Westminster in recent days, I fear a number of misconceptions will drive bad decision-making.

Frank Young: This election’s Breadline Battleground

Our analysis shows that any political party will struggle to win a working majority if they fail to connect with the poorest voters across Britain.

Rachel Wolf: In defence of Cameron

My local secondary schools were no-go areas and no one from my primary school went to one. That won’t be my children’s experience, and he can take a lot of credit.

Damian Green: The state pension offers us a model for reforming social care

The former Work and Pensions Secretary gives his view in the final article in a three-part mini-series on reform to the adult social care system.

Mark Harper: Social care. It’s not all about the elderly. Let’s meet the needs of disabled people of working age too.

The former Minister for Disabled People contributes the first article in a three-part mini-series on reform to the adult social care system.

Dom Morris: A National Welfare Council, uniting disparate departments and agencies, could greatly alleviate poverty

This strategic approach has brought sizeable benefits in the field of security, and could work for welfare, too.

Ryan Shorthouse: How to add contributions and incentives to the benefits system

Working-aged benefits have been deeply and disproportionately cut. But if the welfare system is to be suitably resourced in the future, the public need to believe it is fair.

Anvar Sarygulov: Here’s how the Government can improve Universal Credit

A ‘helping hand’ payment for new claimants, more disability advisers, and an obligation for the state to pay out on time would all help.