Hearts and minds: the battle for the Conservative Party from Thatcher to the present

'Hearts and Minds' is part memoir, part political history and part history of ideas.

In it, former Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin explains how the central ideas and policies of the modern Conservative Party came into being, how they played out over the period from Mrs Thatcher to Mrs May, and what needs to happen next in order to make the country a better place to live.

Far from being a sugar-coated version of events, Letwin tells a story that he hopes will persuade readers that politicians are capable of recognising their mistakes and learning from them - and will show that social and economic liberalism, if correctly conceived, are capable of addressing the issues that confront us today.