Henry Hill: MSPs scent blood as the Scottish Government fights to thwart the Salmond inquiry

SNP ministers are blocking witnesses and withholding legal advice. Can the opposition capitalise?

The Ministerial Code is a paper tiger – Johnson is responsible for who serves in his Government

The guidelines cover a broad range of issues and admit breaches both great and small. They are not a substitute for the Prime Minister’s judgement.

Henry Hill: Johnson may have just broken a devolutionary spell two decades in the weaving

The broad constitutional consensus Starmer cited is fragile, and based on part on a substantial minority of unionists falsifying their preferences.

Corbyn’s re-admission to the Labour Party shows the limits of Starmer’s power to change it

Rather than simply leaving Corbyn in limbo, the decision not to restore the whip will be seen by the hard left as another provocation.

Repealing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act: an arcane but important battle Johnson must win

What use a large majority if the Prime Minister cannot, or will not, prevail over an electorally insignificant lobby of progressive constitutionalists?

Henry Hill: Sturgeon’s timeline on Salmond scandal called into question as MSPs demand evidence

Also: true scale of the Irish Protocol’s impact on commerce, and Stormont’s ‘rank incompetence’, show how Ulster unionism needs a refresh.

Yesterday’s Lords defeat sets up a game of chicken over the UK Internal Market Bill

Johnson’s supporters still think the controversial provisions can be delivered if the Government holds its nerve. But the clock is ticking.

Johnson’s capitulation to Rashford will further thin the ranks of his Commons loyalists

When older heads avoided last month’s Commons debate, the 2019 intake rode out to defend their leader. Many will never so readily do so again.

Henry Hill: The public want UK-wide rules for Christmas, but we’re a long way from a ‘Four Nations’ approach

The different administrations are all in different places with increasing bad blood between them. Also, devosceptics look set to win seats in Wales.

Our survey. More than half of members back the Government over extending free school meals

Just over 56 per cent support the decision not to extend the programme through the Christmas holidays, versus almost 38 per cent who disagree.

What matters most for deciding on lockdown is hospitalisations – not deaths

To both treat every Covid patient who needs it and maintain regular services through the ‘winter crisis’, the NHS needs a more muscular intervention.

Our survey: more than half of Tory members want Trump to win next week

Fewer than one in four are holding out for Biden. Does this reflect their view of which will be better for Britain, or simply instinctive mistrust of the Left?

Henry Hill: Tories claim Drakeford has turned Wales into ‘test-bed for left-wing socialist authority’

Also: another miserable week in Government for the SNP; the deep damage of the Irish Protocol grow clearer by the day; and more.

Drakeford’s assault on the Welsh economy – underwritten by the Treasury

The First Minister’s absurd decree banning the sale of ‘non-essential’ goods spotlights the tension between devolved lockdowns and reserved finances.

Conservative MPs made a strong case against Labour’s free school meal plans in the Commons yesterday

The media have been quick to pick up on some less well-chosen remarks, but this paints a misleading picture of the full debate.