Cummings’ skills set

His, Williamson’s and Johnson’s intent to rebalance higher and further education reflects their Red Wall-focused vision – but will it happen?

The Politics of And. Growing the Majority 3) Further education and higher education

There are three main issues for us. The HE/FE balance, making all students welcome on campus and the Conservatives’ own internal housekeeping.

“Get out of London.” Now watch Johnson and Cummings turn the country upside down. Or try to.

Don’t expect Downing Street to bother too much about what MPs or the media think as it prepares to shake up government and Whitehall.

Cabinet League Table: Johnson takes the gold – with Javid in second place

Not a good month for the Foreign Secretary, who slips from third place to eighth. But this is probably just due to the rising popularity of others.

Truss is the new Womens’ Minister, Goldsmith will attend Cabinet. The Government is reshuffled at Ministerial level.

Seven changes in all given the recent run of resignations: it all has a bit of a provisional feel.

Johnson’s ministerial appointments

We’ll continue to update this as the Prime Minister fills out the lower ranks of his government.

Which MP is backing which candidate. Our named estimates. Johnson 131, Hunt 48, Gove 36, Javid 22

Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.

Javid’s supporters may now hold the key

He could survive tomorrow’s ballot. If he doesn’t, his supporters will have to ask themselves what sort of final they want.

Mordaunt leads the pack in our latest Cabinet League Table

Truss and Davidson take the other podium spots, challenging the assumptions held in some quarters about the Tory grassroots.

Scruton – and the gulf between Conservatives in Parliament and conservatives outside it

The row over his sacking is a sign of a Party pulled in different directions by the way politics works – and by culture wars. Now a new competitor is knocking at the door.

25 questions about (another) early general election – and the horror show it could be for the Conservatives

The more one thinks about it, the more problematic it becomes.

Iain Mansfield: £9,250 fees are bad for students, bad for society, and bad for the Conservatives

Charging the same amount for different courses does not make sense. Fees should be slashed, but with the threshold for repayments lowered.

Sixteen Parliamentarians appointed to the Conservative Policy Commission taskforces

The chairs of the 1922 Policy Boards are joined by a range of MPs and peers, all of whom will aid Skidmore’s work.

Skidmore establishes five new policy task forces, from Global Britain to democratic reform

Seven MPs and three peers will oversee the work of policy innovation.

Whately and Pursglove replace Caulfield and Bradley as vice-chairs of the Party

That the MP for Corby feels able to accept an office vacated over opposition to Chequers illustrates division amongst the Brexiteers.