David Davis: Cameron must give Crabb the freedom denied to Duncan Smith
More power and control must be devolved to Cabinet members if we are to see the improvement in the quality of government that is now plainly necessary.
Nadhim Zahawi: Tampon taxes, steel dumping – and why the time has come to leave the EU
One of my constituents asked me: what’s the point of having MPs if they can’t make this sort of decision? He was right.
The IDS aftermath
Live fire is exchanged in both directions. Gove plays peacemaker. And might Osborne decide to pull out of the leadership race?
Joe Baron: We must halt the relentless march of the Thought Police
Pupils and teachers face ridicule and ostracism for so much as uttering a single word of support for the Conservative Party.
Why Duncan Smith resigned – his story
His friends say that he strove for a week to reconcile making spending savings with protecting the vulnerable – and collective loyalty with personal conviction.
Crabb. A Remainer. A social justice Tory. And now, as he replaces Duncan Smith, a possible leadership contender
Alongside his ally Ruth Davidson, single-mum-and-council-house-raised Crabb is also part of a new generation of blue collar Tories.
Duncan Smith’s resignation. The quiet man roars.
This zinger of a departure is about social justice as well as EU membership – and his farewell letter is a missile aimed at Osborne’s character and conduct.
Joe Cawley: The Budget’s academies expansion. More centralised control – or more freedom and better results?
The academies plan could mark the start of a more effective, cheaper, de-centralised, responsive and accountable way of running the nation’s services.
We need an Opportunity Commission, not an Equality Commission
Parliament has left a gap in legislation that the courts and a quango are filling.
Iain Dale: Why Ken Clarke’s memoirs aren’t worth what Macmillan will pay for them
Plus: Contrite Soubry. Ashcroft’s Party. The Chancellor’s forecasts and the OBR’s admission. P.S: Re those Clarke memoirs, I admit that I can’t wait to read them.
James Sproule: Osborne has posed problems for business recently. But this Budget was, on balance, good news.
Especially so for smaller firms and entrepreneurs.
Less a Budget for renewal than a Budget for the referendum
It felt more like a pre-election than a post-election one – and was shot through by a sense of the Chancellor’s political mortality.
Dia Chakravarty: This sugar tax will taste sour to poorer people
And evidence from abroad suggests that it will fail in its declared aim of reducing obesity.
Profile: Penny Mordaunt, a risqué but not revolting potential Tory leadership contender
The Defence Minister, and MP for Portsmouth North, is backing Brexit, and knows how to make a splash.
Daniel Hannan: Trump’s rise is harming the Republican Party, America and democracy itself
Time after time, the general population has proved to be wiser than the elites. Until now.