Brexit alone will not arrest the startling decline in engagement with and belief in modern politics. Those elected to serve must shoulder their responsibilities by rejecting timidity, writes John Hayes

The government has forgotten the importance of maritime security – this spending review is a chance to put that right, says Lord West

Crime has risen while police numbers have declined. Invest in neighbourhood policing or public safety and communities will pay the price, warns David Hanson

For the 130,000 children in the UK who will wake up on Christmas Day without a home, the best gift they could receive is a secure tenancy, says Melanie Onn

Westminster moves at such breakneck speed these days that few can find time to take stock of what has taken place. Sebastian Whale has documented the key moments from a tumultuous 12 days and spoken to those at the heart of the action to capture another extraordinary period in British politics.

Parliament must have a series of votes on all the Brexit options. If there is no alternative deal that can win the support of MPs, then the only way to resolve this may be to go back to the British people, writes Hilary Benn

The vote of confidence in Theresa May was the culmination of weeks of speculation about the Prime Minister’s leadership. Sir Graham Brady was at the heart of events as chairman of the 1922 Committee. He recounts in detail the moment the notorious 48 letter threshold was reached, his subsequent contact with Downing Street and the reasoning behind the expeditious nature of the contest

The former attorney general says it is "unsatisfactory" for the Government to have pushed back the meaningful vote into the new year.

The SNP's Kirsty Blackman reflects on a week of chaos in Westminster 

It’s time for politicians to rise above the narrow tribalism that has poisoned the Brexit debate and act in the national interest, writes Stephen Kinnock

It is vanishingly unlikely that the Prime Minister can get her deal through the Commons. Parliament has reached an impasse. What’s needed is a blinding flash of the obvious – we need to go back to the people, writes Sarah Wollaston

Rather than listening to scare stories, let’s focus on the money, the freedoms and the opportunities a no-deal Brexit can bring, says John Redwood