Hammond’s seriousness, professionalism and – yes – dullness make Labour look lightweight

It is not that he dares to be dull, but that he cannot help being so. He has prudently turned it to his advantage.

Book review: Gordon Brown has learned nothing and forgotten quite a bit

He never resolved his conflict between being brought up to repress his emotions and as a politician having to express them.

Profile: David Gauke, today defending Universal Credit…later to be uncorked as Chancellor?

“He is the Red Adair of the administration – the middle-order batsman who, if the openers are out cheaply, ensures that the middle order does not collapse.”

Our survey. Over half Tory member respondents back Hammond’s deficit reduction timetable. Almost one in three want it speeded up.

If our survey’s findings are representative, this majority either agrees with the Chancellor or is in unity mode or both.

Cameron Penny: Ministers should announce that they plan to use anti-terror laws to proscribe Aslef and the RMT

We don’t need more laws with anti-strike provisions – the Government already has the tools to deal with the transport crisis.

Daniel Bentley: Is Javid really prepared to get enough homes built?

The May government has so far set its sights no higher than its predecessor. Its aim remains Cameron’s – to build a one million homes during this parliament.

Howard Flight: Conundrums of economic policy in the wake of Brexit

Overall, my advice is not to seek to reduce interest rates yet further which could have contrarian effects.

Profile: the Resolution Foundation, suddenly in high demand as a critic of tax credit cuts

Led by former Treasury officials, this think tank has placed itself at the heart of the argument about how to help the low-paid.

Please stop pretending the bank bailout made a profit for taxpayers

Brown and Darling began this fantastical claim. A Tory government should not perpetuate it.

Dugdale is right to reject a separate Scottish Labour Party

All a unionist party does by dissolving its British connections is signal to the electorate that the SNP are right.

Anthony Calvert: My opponent, Mary Creagh. A symbol of the damage that political correctness has wreaked on Labour

Twenty years at Harriet Harman’s high altar of all women shortlists and selection quotas are duly delivering their reward – for the Conservatives.

Matthew Elliott: Ten lessons from the Scottish Referendum for people involved in the EU debate

Voters must be presented with a genuine, informed choice when they are finally given a chance to vote on Britain’s relationship with Europe.

Brian Monteith: Before Scotland’s referendum, we need to know Cameron’s plan for the whole UK

The vote in September will be about more than just one part of it.

What are Alistair Darling’s critics smoking?

Putting an English Tory – or Gordon Brown – in charge of Better Together is a bonkers idea.

A record of seven days of attacks on Ed Miliband … from his own side

By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Over the past week, Ed Miliband has come under criticism from various figures in the… Read more »