David Gauke: Johnson’s party is more socially conservative, populist and economically interventionist. But how much?

There is evidence, however, that suggests that the move to abandoning all recent Tory traditions is not quite so straightforward.

David Gauke: Sunak’s options for a Budget windfall. Lower debt, tax cuts and higher spending. Which will he choose?

The Chancellor will have have more money to play with than was forecast. How he uses these additional resources will tell us a great deal about his priorities.

David Gauke: Who should be the next Education Secretary?

The most important quality for the next Secretary of State, I would have thought, is as a problem-solver/fire fighter.

David Gauke: The Government’s crime plans – the good, the bad and the ugly

It smacks of government as newspaper column – which is a pity because, beyond the headlines, Ministers are pursuing some useful measures.

David Gauke: The Duncan Smith-Gauke Alliance. We band together to back Universal Credit.

And: Some Southern Tories worried about winning Batley and Spen. Plus: my Love Island experience.

David Gauke: Chesham and Amersham. Yes, a realignment is taking place in British politics. But it is likely to happen slowly.

Plus: Why Johnson will end lockdown in July, but is to blame for maintaining it. And: Labour. Seen as too anti-Semitic in some places… not enough in others.

David Gauke: My most useful day in nine years as a Minister – and its lessons for the Government on planning reform

If we really want to build more houses where the demand is greatest, we need an offer that local MPs can sell to their constituents.

David Gauke: Free trade on vaccines. The EU may have made threats, but it is the US that has actually blocked exports.

Plus: Why as an Ipswich supporter I’m happy to see the end to the European Super League. And: My take on Mercer’s resignation.

David Gauke: Cameron’s values in government may be out of favour, but they are not wrong

Looked at in the round, over the 2010-2016 period, the UK had the joint highest growth for a G7 economy, level with the US.

David Gauke: I’m a convinced Remainer – but believe nonetheless that the EU has mishandled its vaccine policy

All the same, we have to make this relationship work – because, if we do not, both sides have the capacity to do each other a lot of harm.

David Gauke: Is Britain really set to become a low tax, less regulated, free trading, buccaneering country?

Despite a surprisingly liberal migration policy, the bulk of the post-Brexit evidence so far suggests not.

David Gauke: My Budget advice to the Chancellor. Raise income tax, not corporation tax.

We need to have a debate about which taxes are least damaging to economic growth. Over the long term, corporation tax ranks as being one of the worst.

David Gauke: The UK, the EU, vaccines – and future relations. Here, jingoistic politicians. There, Trumpian ones. Bodes badly.

The EU’s triggering of Article 16 is premature, provocative and sets a precedent that will be cited by those unwilling to accept the consequences of the Protocol.

David Gauke: With a position so exposed, how did Burnham get away with it?

It is a bad sign both for the Government and devolution that the Greater Manchester Mayor has been able to run rings round Ministers.

David Gauke: Covid-19. Conservative MPs should fear for their seats if they push for a Sweden-style policy – just as deaths are rising

If it it takes hold, people will not want to go to pubs, cinemas, shops or offices, so economic normality will be impossible anyway.