The results, council by council
Our rolling list of the local election results in terms of council control.
What a post-Brexit immigration policy should look like – Chapter Six of Boles’s “Square Deal”
We published an article by the former Minister trailing his new book, and will be linking to each of its chapters as they are released.
Trade brings prosperity which brings security. The case for it needs political champions today. Fox’s trade speech: full text.
Our non-EU exports are evenly split between goods and services. Yet it is services that present the greatest opportunity to expand Britain’s trade.
Brokenshire, the May loyalist, returns to grapple with the housing challenge
“I very much look forward to working alongside you again when you are back to full health,” the Prime Minister wrote when he stood down in January. And here he is.
Home Secretary’s resignation letter: full text
“I feel it necessary [to resign] because I inadvertently misled the Home Affairs Select Committee over targets for illegal immigration.”
Congratulations to Ruth Davidson
The Scottish Conservative leader has announced she is expecting her first child in the Autumn.
Berger on anti-semitism: “People have accused me of having two masters…that I am Tel Aviv’s servant…a paid-up Israeli operative.”
We reproduce the Labour MP’s full speech from yesterday’s Commons debate on the issue, in which she called on her party to expel Livingstone.
The Conservatives are contesting all but 13 of the 4,413 local election races – more than Labour
Full slates of Tory candidates have been achieved in the East Midlands, West Midlands, North East, South West and London (the first time in the capital since 1986).
“This is not about intervening in a civil war…It is about a limited and targeted strike”. May’s Syria statement: full text
“We cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised – within Syria, on the streets of the UK…”
Exclusive: Last-ditch appeal for council candidates sent out to Welsh Tories: “Do you know anybody…in Manchester and Knowsley”?
In the latest sign of serious difficulties putting up full slates in some areas, an eleventh-hour email was sent out to members across Wales yesterday.
Exclusive: CCHQ redeploys campaign staff to battle candidate shortages in Manchester and Barking & Dagenham
This is the latest disturbing sign of the way the Conservative grassroots have atrophied in some parts of the country.
Exclusive: The Conservative Party’s gender pay gap is 15.7 per cent in favour of women
The Party has voluntarily released the data, to show it walks the walk, as well as talking the talk.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews’ letter that calls out Corbyn over anti-semitism. Full text.
The revelation that [he] personally defended an antisemitic mural has compounded matters. It’s time we say, ‘Enough is enough!’
Hunt on social care: “I want to be honest about how well we are meeting that litmus test. In truth, not well enough.”
The Health and Social Care Secretary presents his seven principles for reforming the struggling system, conceding “we need to do better.”
The Draft Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and EU: link to full text
Only the text highlighted in green “is agreed at negotiators’ level”. Text highlighted in yellow means agreement on objectives only; text highlighted in white is EU proposals.