This is the most socially liberal Conservative government in history

We give you divorce reform, abortion law in Northern Ireland, citizenship rights for three million Hong Kongers, and the rainbow flag.

Why the Cabinet Office will be in the dock for Covid failures when the inquiry comes. As will Sedwill.

The Treasury has been welded at the top to Number Ten. Now there’s a push to do more of the same to the Office.

Profile: Helen MacNamara, who could yet hold Cummings’ fate in her hands

“The new Sue Gray” – responsible for policing propriety and ethics – may yet be asked to rule whether Johnson’s adviser has behaved improperly.

Benedict Rogers: Ten steps towards a more humane post-pandemic China policy

There can be no return to ‘business as usual’ with the Communist Party. Here’s how Britain can play a leading role in holding them to account.

Dean Godson: How the Conservatives divide on policy towards China

As with Brexit, much of the Tory family finds itself pitted against the permanent State on how Britain aligns itself in the world.

The New Normal will be Very Abnormal Indeed. Here are 15 sets of questions about it.

How prepared are we for strict social distancing for the forseeable future, compulsory masks, closed leisure facilities – and a semi-functioning economy?

The 38 Conservative MPs who rebelled over Huwaei

They included seven former Cabinet Ministers, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and the Chairman of the 1922 Executive Committee.

Nicky Morgan: Now is the time for Conservatives to trust each other over Brexit

The Malthouse Amendment experience of different people coming together shows that unity is possible.

The day the Conservatives swung behind a Canada-type Brexit

The Chequers Plan has been dead for some time, but Johnson has now read the funeral rites over it.

Congratulations – and welcome to hell

The new Prime Minister will inherit the worst political legacy in living memory – with the very barest of working majorities.

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.

The ten candidates who will contest the Conservative Party’s leadership election

So no more dropouts after Sam Gyimah’s departure earlier this afternoon. The first ballot will be held on Thursday.

WATCH: Green on why he’s backing Hancock

“It’s important for the Conservative Party to have someone who can speak the language of those who grew up in the digital world.”

Alex Morton: We urgently need to fix the social care crisis

Any reform must be sustainable both financially and politically. Our new report sets out how the Government could do it.

The Cabinet must tell May to go

No way forward is without risk at this stage. But the least hazardous course is for the Party to step out soon with a new leader.