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Local airfields are essential to the UK’s £53bn aviation sector. But as they continue to decline at an alarming rate we are reaching a critical point, writes Grant Shapps
Brandon Lewis wants to get the Conservatives into a ‘battle-ready’ state in time for the next election. Can the new party chairman, who first campaigned for the Tories at age 11, turn things around? He talks to Kevin Schofield
With the DfT facing questions over the failures on the East Coast Mainline and the decision to scrap rail electrification upgrades, Transport Select Committee chair Lilian Greenwood is determined to find answers. She talks to Sebastian Whale
The Commonwealth is emerging as a massive transmission engine for British soft power and influence, writes Lord Howell
This year Parliamentarians from 53 member states have an historic opportunity to help build a secure, prosperous Commonwealth, writes James Duddridge
There is no satisfactory offence to deal with attacks on animals supporting our law enforcement services. Now is the time to change that, writes Sir Oliver Heald
It’s time to end the cruelty of medicine denial and criminalisation to the seriously ill, writes Paul Flynn
There is pressure on the legislative timetable. But surely, in this centennial year of women’s suffrage, we can find time to change the law governing marriage registration, writes Dame Caroline Spelman
The days of new employment laws being created only for those in more conventional employment should be left behind, writes Tracy Brabin
It is vital that we use April’s Commonwealth summit as a vehicle to spread knowledge about what the organisation offers, writes Baroness Berridge
If Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal in place, there is only one realistic option. We must rejoin EFTA – and ensure a soft landing, writes Antoinette Sandbach
Citizens from the British Overseas Territories currently have to reside in the UK for five years before they can join the Armed Forces. It’s time to lift this barrier – and show we value our strong and lasting relationship, write Labour’s Luke Pollard and Conservative Andrew Bowie
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