Rejoice! At long last, the day-to-day Government finances are in surplus.

It’s later than Osborne planned, but good news nonetheless. Now Hammond must hold the course, and resist siren calls to start splashing the cash.

John Penrose: Why we need a Sovereign Wealth Fund

Economically, it could be transformational, as it has been in Norway, which established its fund back in the early 1990s. It is now worth over a trillion dollars.

Steve Barclay: A balanced Budget which ensures that Britain is fit for the future

It continues to clear the deficit, prepare for Brexit, and back our businesses with the support they need to boost productivity.

WATCH: McDonnell flounders when grilled on his plan for nationalisations and higher borrowing

The Shadow Chancellor doesn’t know the current cost of debt interest.

The key forecasts and pledges in the Autumn Budget

Hammond’s plan – from abolishing Stamp Duty for most first-time buyers, through to reforms to help Universal Credit recipients.

George Freeman: We need a new Chairman and team at CCHQ to lead a radical programme of Conservative renewal

Let’s have Policy Board outside of the constraints of the Government machine – and a commission on what Britain should look like post-Brexit.

Why pro-Leave MPs should prepare to back the Chancellor next week

Letting disagreements about Brexit leak into the Budget’s treatment could deal the Government irreparable damage – and voters much harm.

Ideas for the Budget 5) James Kirkup: Ditch the surplus target. Build new towns. Raise inheritance taxes and boost universal credit.

The Social Market Foundation isn’t tied to any party. We’re centrists – our advice and ideas on offer to anyone who wants to put common sense ahead of ideology.

WATCH: Javid – Housing “is the biggest barrier to social progress in our country today”

“Investing in the future, taking advantage of record low interest rates, can be the right thing if done sensibly.”

Lord Ashcroft’s conference diary: A snap election should be snap for them – not for us

Plus: Economics is not enough, two lots of protesters (one in first class travel), and keeping fit at Party Conference.

Lord Ashcroft: The general election. How the Conservatives damaged their reputation for competence without gaining one for compassion.

Nearly everything believed to exercise Labour more than the Tories was also named more often as a priority for “me and my family” than for Britain as a whole.

Liam Booth-Smith: The lifting of the public sector pay cap is bad policy and worse politics

Ministers should remain focused on delivering on their promise to cut the deficit, even if it means paying the iron price to do so.

Richard Ritchie: Was the election result really such a disaster for the Conservatives?

By 2022, Corbyn will no longer look ‘new’, and that he came close to winning in 2017 should mean that he will then be exposed to far greater scrutiny,

John Baron: It’s time to embrace the One-Nation message – and win

As possibly the only Brexiteer in the Parliamentary Party’s One Nation group, I am also only too aware that this message must be accompanied by a successful EU negotiation.

WATCH: Ici Londres – It’s selfish to run a deficit, argues Daniel Hannan

Politicians who support fiscal discipline are not protecting their own interests – they’re guarding the interests of others.