With the 10pm curfew starting tomorrow, Sunak’s “imaginative” measures will need to come within days

The Chancellor has refused to extend his furlough scheme. Could a German-style system be what comes next?

WATCH: “We will go forward with further creative and imaginative schemes to keep our economy moving”

“He should pay tribute to the Chancellor and his work”, says the Prime Minister to Starmer at today’s PMQs.

Simon Thomas: Curfews would be economically disastrous for casinos; the Government must have a rethink

Closing hospitality and leisure businesses at 10pm would result in a wave of redundancies.

WATCH: “We must now take a package of protective powers in this Bill”

“The EU has suggested that it is willing to go to extreme and unreasonable lengths”, says the Prime Minister, as he defends the UK Internal Market Bill.

Surprise lockdown measures are unsustainable. At some point, Test and Trace must deliver.

The Government cannot continue to yo-yo between opening and closing society.

Is it really worth breaking international law to curb the role of the European Court?

Johnson and Cummings’ previous assaults on the pre-Brexit order have been brilliantly conceived.  This one may not be up to the same standard.

Simone Finn: Civil Service reform. Gove and Case will drive forward the legacy of Heywood and Maude – who’s back to help out

The best ideas for reform won’t come from government alone. That’s why I’ve joined the Commission for Smart Government which was launched last month.

Unconscious bias training. What’s the point of having a huge majority if Tories can’t say no to it?

Taxpayers are going to have to pick up the bill for a pseudoscientific method that’s prejudiced in itself.

WATCH: PMQs – “The Prime Minister is just tin eared and making it up as he goes along”

“Even his own MPs have run out of patience”, says the Labour Party leader.

Paul Maynard: Here’s why I believe as an ex-Minister that a hard rain may indeed be coming for the civil service

The machinery of state has shown itself to lack the bandwidth and agility required to deliver complexity at pace.

Algorithm or no algorithm, the UK needs houses. Fast.

Clearly the Government’s model is flawed. But there is no perfect formula for solving this crisis.

Julian Brazier: How tackling the causes of rising demand would help the Government solve the housing crisis

Last year, the ONS predicted that the population would rise by another three million over the next decade. But home building lags behind.

Darren Grimes: Johnson must face down the teaching unions with Thatcher-like resolve

The Prime Minister will be rejected by the aspirational working class that voted for him in large numbers if he cannot win this battle.

With less than a month to reopen schools, Johnson needs Labour to back his message

Over the weekend, the Prime Minister warned that keeping “schools closed a moment longer than is absolutely necessary” is “morally indefensible”.

Our survey. Almost 75 per cent of members predict a Conservative majority at the next General Election.

It marks a slight shift from January this year, in which a bullish 92 per cent expected a Tory majority.