Sajid Javid: Housing First helps to break the cycle of rough sleeping. So let’s scale it up and finish the job.
The Centre for Social Justice’s new report sets out in detail how the programme could be increased from 2,000 to 16,500 places.
Frost’s appointment chills the temperature for the EU
The Prime Minister has gone in a week from having a famine of political advice to a feast.
Garvan Walshe: We can be sure that those who have been vaccinated won’t die of Covid. So the case for lockdowns is vanishing fast.
It’s one thing to endure them to prevent people dying, and for a relatively short period of time; quite another because we might return to this situation.
Caroline ffiske: How non-crime hate incidents came into force. And why they should be reformed – or scrapped altogether.
Introduced with the best of intentions, they have grown and morphed beyond reason – more so than Macpherson could surely have imagined.
Fifteen million people have been vaccinated against Covid on time. Here are thirty more fields in which Britain leads the world.
The success in procurement and distribution prompts the question of what else we are outstandingly good at.
Daniel Hannan: The China genocide amendment. Trade sanctions punish the innocent – and make fortunes for oppressive regimes
Though micro-measures aimed at those responsible might work: travel bans, asset seizures, arrest warrants.
Radical: Cherry and the SNP. Gender ideology is being used as a proxy for control of the party.
And this power struggle carries with it serious threats to free speech and democratic accountability.
Nick Hoile: Beware of an unintended consequence of mastering Covid – a winter flu crisis later this year
Ministers cannot afford to get complacent – here are the steps they should take to prepare.
Protecting free speech. University legislation will help. But ministers need to speak out more.
Williamson’s new policy is an important step – but Conservatives cannot legislate themselves out of the culture wars.
Ryan Bourne: The lifting of lockdown. Yes to prudence but no to pessimism. The projections of these gloomy scientists seem absurd.
If first dose efficacy proves strong, the Prime Minister will have to break with those who fail to think about the marginal costs and benefits of shutdowns.
John Penrose: We can cut costs while maintaining standards to deliver better regulation
The good news is that if we can break out of our recent rut, the opportunities for post-Brexit Britain to cut red tape should be huge.
The relaxation of lockdown. Coming soon. Usual terms and conditions apply.
Johnson will be given an assessment of the vaccines’ effectiveness: over 15 million people have received their first dose, and some 500,000 their second.
Richard Holden: Dogs have been a comfort during the shutdown. There’s more we can do to protect them – and other animals.
Sadly, reports of thefts have surged in the UK, and now litter many local Facebook groups. And then there’s puppy-smuggling.
Mattie Heaven: Iran’s government is a terrorist regime. British Ministers must face this truth – and act on it.
Maintaining the current diplomatic relations would be a devastating mistake – potentially with fatal consequences.
Downing Street’s reshuffle sees Symonds’ grip tighten
We hope that Finn, Newman and the rest of the new appointees provide a fresh sense of direction and purpose.