A year of Starmer. Why are his ratings going downhill? Lack of authenticity, inconsistency and missed opportunities.

Strangely, one of the few things that now unites voters across the Left and Right is a feeling he won’t win an election.

Race and disparities. A report so commonsensical but consensus-challenging that we’re surprised it was allowed to happen.

We’re about to find out whether the Commission’s work marks a turning-point for the zeitgiest, policy – and attitudes to the Tories.

Robert Halfon: Conservatives must never be complacent about Starmer. The public mood can change quickly.

Plus: The Government will soon have to set out the tough decisions on public spending to constituents.

How even a modest Labour revival in Scotland could return more Conservative MPs

Contra mistaken notions of ‘unionist unity’, the Opposition can reach sections of the current SNP vote that the Tories cannot.

John Stevenson: Property tax reform is key to levelling up the country and the Conservatives’ electoral chances

Council tax and stamp duty are confusing, unpopular, unequal and unfair – so it’s time to replace them.

Why Conservatives should cautiously welcome fresh leadership for Scottish Labour

The party needs to reach parts of the pro-UK electorate that the Tories cannot. Under Leonard, it has signally failed to do so.

If the Lords is to be representative of the Commons, LibDem peers should be culled

Lord Fowler has identified the right problem in the wake of yesterday’s appointments but advanced the wrong solution.

Dehenna Davison: We need to dig deep to understand why more women don’t go into politics – but quotas are not the answer

That means looking into, and addressing, the cultural and working practices which create and maintain significant barriers for women.

If the Government won’t force the Tory shires to build more houses, perhaps it should bribe them instead

It’s time to stop pretending there is any way to solve the shortage without building in the South and face up to what it will take to get that done.

Amanda Milling: We’re delivering on our promises – and couldn’t do it without grassroots support

If not for your efforts on the doorstep and the endless nights of telephone canvassing, we would not have defeated Corbyn’s Labour Party a year ago.

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.

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.

Richard Holden: This week’s spending review must show voters in Red Wall seats like mine that they were right to trust us

It’s vital that on education, policing and infrastructure, as much clarity is given as possible to departments as possible in terms of long-term funding.

Damian Green: Why a forced choice between a Brexity North and a Globalist South would be a false one – and damage our Party

The first of a ConHome series this week on Boris Johnson’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.

King of the North?

Rob Stark meets a bloody end in Game of Thrones. But he won every battle he fought first – and the Greater Manchester Mayor is following his example.