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Many of those who voted with the Government yesterday fear that Johnson is simply making it up as he goes along.
The Government publishes its plan to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act
Ministers are indeed attempting to restore the power to call an election to the Prime Minister, using the Royal Prerogative – and shield it from the courts.
Our survey. Members strongly back faster liberalisation of Covid-19 restrictions.
But there has been a shift in how they want to do it – away from Sweden, and towards an effective test-and-trace system.
What Thatcher’s response to the AIDS crisis teaches us about tackling the present pandemic
The proposals published today to make England the first country to end new cases of HIV fit within a Tory tradition of pragmatic health policy.
Today’s Covid tiers vote. The Government is treating Conservative MPs like fools.
If Tory backbenchers feel like firing a shot across the Government’s bows this afternoon, we can scarcely blame them.
Sweden – an experiment gone terribly wrong?
It could be called the “Brexit” of the Coronavirus crisis, provoking polarised responses each way. But the reality is more nuanced.
Ending rough sleeping is for all twelve months – not just for Christmas
It can be done, but only by putting the needs of rough sleepers first. Which depends upon support from voters.
How our call for a cost-benefit analysis is contributing to Johnson’s Covid climbdown on lockdowns and tiers
We knew that even the prospect of one would widen and deepen debate on Coronavirus policy – which was essential.
Shapps has spotted a once-in-a-lifetime chance to give Britain world-class railways
The Transport Secretary has set up a reform committee which is getting ready to use the pandemic to rout the Luddites in the rail unions.
Johnson’s 50:50 target for women in parliament. An important pledge – but Conservatives should avoid quotas.
It would undermine the Conservative ideal of self-determination. Furthermore, it’s “equality of opportunity” that policies need to focus on.
The conditions under which Conservative MPs should back the tiering plan next week
First, regular Parliamentary votes on it, not just Ministerial reviews. Second, a full cost-benefit analysis published in good time.
Kate Hoey joins us for the next episode of ConservativeHome Live
Put your questions to the Eurosceptic firebrand, former Labour MP and newly-appointed Baroness.
Sunak opts to suck it and see
The OBR’s horrid forecasts of an output implosion and soaring unemployment will do nothing to quell Tory resistance to tougher Covid tiers.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: The Chancellor brings a mysterious poetry to his numbers
He sought to unite the nation in a moral mission, “a common endeavour”, and to leave Labour with nothing to say.
There is more at stake in any push to cut the 0.7 per cent target than the future of aid policy
Resile from last year’s manifesto once and there’s no reason not to again. That has implications for tax policy – and much else.