A new Leader of the Opposition: the results in full

It looks like a comprehensive rout for the hard left, with neither Long-Bailey nor Burgon getting close in their respective contests.

Sunak soars to our highest-ever standing in this month’s Cabinet League Table

Matt Hancock also sees a 20-point rise in his approval rating to take third place as the Covid-19 crisis reshapes British politics.

Henry Hill: Anger grows as devolution hinders coordinated response to the Covid-19 crisis

Also: Opposition parties force the SNP to abandon a bid to suspend trial by jury; and more good reading on the fallout from Alex Salmond’s acquittal.

The rights and wrongs of closing the borders

Raab and Patel advocate the positions of their departments, which are based on different concerns and priorities. It is for the Prime Minister to decide.

The new boundary review will stick at 650 seats. Cui bono?

Analysis suggested the smaller map would have produced a bigger Tory majority – but others say it would make it harder for newly-elected MPs to hold on next time.

Henry Hill: Welsh Tories’ anger as devolution hinders NHS volunteer scheme

Also: Salmond gathers his forces and his allies call for inquiries and resignations as the SNP civil war gathers momentum.

Salmond’s acquittal makes a bloody SNP civil war much more likely

The former First Minister is a diminished figure, but could still be a potent leader of the Nationalists’ fundamentalist wing.

The persuasive case against the claim that there is mass ‘panic buying’

A supply-chain shock poses similar problems when it comes to feeding the nation, but it says something very different about the British people.

Can Lewis really deliver equal and proper protection for veterans of the Northern Irish campaign?

To deliver on his promise to the House of Commons, the Secretary of State will need to overcome deeply entrenched attitudes in his own Department.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon abandons bid for 2020 independence referendum due to epidemic

Also: schools and businesses shut down across the nation; DUP slammed in ‘cash-for-ash’ report; and Salmond’s trial continues.

Gove’s push for intellectual and regional diversity in public appointments

His recent announcement to the Commons suggests the Government may be making another effort to grasp a nettle which his predecessors have neglected.

Henry Hill: Davies pivots in a devosceptic direction as he ‘relaunches’ his leadership

Also: Gove warns the Electoral Commission not to ‘waste time’ on SNP demands; Scottish Nationalists showing the strain as problems mount; and more.

My row with Gordon Brown. And what it taught me about the state of the Union.

At one point he even started firing questions back at me from the stage, putting paid to the moderators’ hopes of continuing the Q&A.

Grassroots members stand by Patel in our latest Cabinet League Table

The overall numbers are down slightly after the allegations against the Home Secretary and the Government’s defeat over Heathrow.

Why the Government really tripped up over Heathrow

The decision illustrates how previous parliaments have freighted the process of policy-making with an increasingly onerous lattice of ill-defined obligations.