Rachel Wolf: Tests for the delivery of levelling up, and levers with which to deliver it
It now needs to get real. This is clearly the plan in the next few months, starting with the Queen’s Speech tomorrow, leading to the Levelling Up paper.
Richard Holden: Knightmare on Starmer Street. Labour loses control of Durham – held by the party for a century.
In terms of parliamentary seats, CCHQ now needs to be targeting the North East of England much more broadly for the next election.
The pragmatic, moderate and successful conservatism of Andy Street
He’s proof that your boat can be swept along by the same tide as others, but how you steer it is a matter of individual style.
Live Blog: Scottish and Welsh election results. The SNP fails to win its majority. And Ross holds the Conservative position steady.
The latest results, news and analysis from Holyrood and Cardiff Bay as they come in.
Will Sturgeon “go on and on and on”?
We don’t read her as a quitter. And the next election may come as early as 2023. But if she does step down before it, you read it here first.
Liam Fox: Labour’s choice – adapt or die
It despises the very values of patriotism and economic self-improvement that made people like my grandparents vote for them.
Houchen. He’s patriotic. Even more importantly – he delivers.
Labour isn’t focused on the second, preferring to blame others for problems, and too many of its activists aren’t the first, either.
David Gauke: These results show the Conservatives set for success in the 2020s – unless their opponents can adapt
In England, the Tories have monopolised support on the Right, while the Left vote is split between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens.
Iain Dale: Perhaps one day I’ll get involved in an election again. In the meantime, here are my predictions for Super Thursday…
Plus: Starmer needs to bring Cooper and Benn into his top team. But will they even want the jobs?
Robin Hodgson: In 50 years, our population will have increased by over 50 per cent – not counting Hong Kongers. Is this sustainable?
Both the short and long term implications of this rise are baleful. Demography is destiny – and the Government should act.
A day to ponder the tale of a candidate in these elections, and ask ourselves if we take democracy for granted
Jihyun Park was beaten, tortured, used for sex and put in a North Korean labour camp – before escaping, and making a new life for herself here.
Stephen Booth: Previous governments under-delivered on improving relations with India. Here’s why this time it may be different.
Faced with the challenge of China’s rise, India is seeking deeper relationships with like-minded democracies.
Peter Saunders: The myth of social immobility. Those who champion meritocracy are pursuing something we’ve basically already got.
The second of two pieces on ConHome this week on social mobility. How much does it matter and is it in decline?
In Bloxwich, Street is buffeted by a storm. But he sounds like a man who has the wind in his sails.
But he looks to be a stronger candidate than he did four years ago, when he first stood to be West Midlands Mayor.
Gavin Rice: Local pride flourishes in Hartlepool – for all the damage wrought on residents’ lives and livelihoods.
What the statistics say, and what the director of a local charity told us at the Centre for Social Justice.