Andrea Leadsom: Flexible work will benefit both businesses and their employees

There’s plenty of evidence that this will boost productivity, increase diversity in the workforce and help our wellbeing.

Will Starmer give vaccine passports a free pass?

The Government’s scheme is deeply problematic and there’s a potential Commons majority against it.

McVey, Walker and Wragg. The most rebellious Conservative MPs in our survey of major votes.

Most of the action has been over Covid-related divisions. And most of the dissenters are from older intakes.

Ryan Bourne: We can never be certain of the costs and benefits of lockdowns

Overall, I still think that their re-use in the UK after the summer lull is evidence of the failure of the Government to think on the right margins.

Is Johnson under-promising on opening-up in order to over-deliver?

What a bracing springboard it would be to bounce into the local elections with normality returning faster than expected.

Robert Sutton: The protection of civil liberties must be placed at the heart of a reformed Public Health Act

The dubious legal basis for lockdown restrictions should be clarified by making its scope explicit.

The case for “doing a Sweden” runs out of steam

The country has been celebrated for its libertarian approach to Coronavirus. But its Prime Minister and even its King have since deemed this a “failure”.

Sunak opts to suck it and see

The OBR’s horrid forecasts of an output implosion and soaring unemployment will do nothing to quell Tory resistance to tougher Covid tiers.

The Government is up against the clock to justify its next set of restrictions – as the Covid Recovery Group grows

Even if the Government ends lockdown on December 2, it will be under pressure to prove why some areas should be under a tiered system.

Brave New World

We fear the worst after Cummings’ departure, but Johnson must now make the best of it. That means a Cabinet shuffle.