Toby Young: O’Brien is wrong – censorship is never the answer

Our columnist took issue with Lockdown Sceptics in his article yesterday. The Editor of that site replies.

Jerome Mayhew: The carbon proposal that the Government should put at the heart of its plan for COP26

Very rarely do the stars align in favour of a truly inspiring act of leadership. They are doing so for Border Carbon Adjustment. It just needs a catchier name.

Nat Wei: Ministers need to prepare now for the next sudden crisis – and trust people more as they do so

Harness the wisdom that is out there, and let your colleagues in and beyond Parliament help you, rather being tempted to think we are here to hinder you.

More restrictions considered, as compliance with the “stay home” message drops. But which measures can be strengthened?

Given the current situation with Coronavirus, it’s likely that restrictions will be tightened. There’s only so much room to extend them, though.

Jamie Njoku-Goodwin’s Twitter thread on the importance for business of a re-opening date

“If necessary even tighter restrictions in conjunction with more long-term clarity for businesses would benefit the NHS and the economy”.

Neil O’Brien: Trumpism in Britain. It’s time to call out those in the media who cynically feed the cranks, rioters and conspiracists.

One of our best selling papers recently ran a piece promoting the views of an “NHS worker” who claimed hospitals were “empty” and Covid was a “hoax”.

Will Holloway: The challenges awaiting Ministers and MPs as Parliament returns today

With Brexit done and vaccinations continuing, a major mission will be Johnson’s commitment to deliver levellling-up.

Paul Mercer: Now that local government has arrived in the Zoom era, it should stay there

Some of our more technophobic members have readily embraced this change. Attendance at meetings has increased noticeably.

WATCH: Starmer attacks the Government’s ‘mixed messaging’ on Covid-19 restrictions

“The vast majority of the British public have complied with the rules… but they need clarity about exactly what is asked of them.”

WATCH: Professor says vaccine rollout has already prevented ‘thousands’ of hospital admissions

“We’re in a race against time, and that explains how the vaccine is being deployed.”

WATCH: ‘We are now in the eye of the storm’, warns expert

“We’ve seen record numbers across the board. Record numbers of cases. Record numbers of hospitalisations. Record numbers of deaths.”

WATCH: Hancock says Government is ‘on course’ to hit its vaccination target

The Health Secretary tells Sophy Ridge that at present over 200,000 people a day are receiving a coronavirus jab.

Why the Government is under pressure to confirm the date of the local elections

Moving them would require primary legislation, but despite bullish official pronouncements there is little certainty that we’ll be voting in May.

Vaccine strategies in Europe. France battles anti-vaxxers, while Merkel is blamed for procurement failures.

Both countries have had difficulties accelerating the speed at which they vaccinate. So what factors have been to blame?

The twelve Conservative MPs who voted against the third lockdown

The tellers for the Noes were Christopher Chope and Chris Green. The last major Tory rebellion against Government Covid policy was 53 strong.