The loss of May’s fracking tsar illustrates a decaying will to govern

The Government’s combination of pro-shale rhetoric and highly restrictive regulation could almost be calculated to please nobody.

Appointments 4) Stephenson is now part of the Business & Industrial Strategy team

The high-ranking whip replaces Harrington, who stepped down in March.

Andrew to Defence, Tolhurt to business – the Government shuffles the whips, again

If change was needed at the whips’ office, it isn’t at all clear why it was this change.

WATCH: Clark says his job is to ensure businesses don’t need their contingency plans

“I think there will be a good deal, but I can’t pretend that there is a deal now that’s in our back pocket and we’re just going through the motions.”

Tim Yeo: Five steps to give consumers cheaper and greener energy

Ministers need to be less political and more pragmatic about which technologies can sustain our economy in the decades ahead.

Richard Morgan: Why the Government should subsidise tidal power

It’s not just a matter of output: developing this pioneering industry would support tens of thousands of British jobs and demonstrate global leadership.

David Rutley: Life sciences are vital to Britain’s global future

Now is the time to spread more of the success beyond the South East.

James Cartlidge: The devastating truth at the heart of the NICs row. We’re palming difficult decisions off on the next generation.

We may be rowing back to defend one promise. But another more fundamental promise to the future is actually at stake.

“I honestly think that Fox is setting about this with real vision and determination”

How is the new Department for International Trade getting on?

Alexander Temerko: A wake-up call for Clark

If the Business Secretary wants to become the man for enterprise, he needs to challenge his own bureaucrats.

May’s mission. Not so much social justice or even social mobility as social reform.

She shares Thatcher’s interest in “ordinary working people” – but without the overarching aim of shrinking the role of the state.

Caroline Ansell: Is the family test hitting the mark?

A new report reveals that far too few departments have properly integrated it into their decision making. This has to change.

After Redcar, how did Government get blindsided by steel again?

It shouldn’t plan the economy, but it does need to plan around the economy. Its failure to do so must be addressed.

Peter Ainsworth: Why blame Oriel for the Rhodes debacle? It was only following Ministers’ lead.

The college was acting consistently with the Government’s policy aim. But it’s alumni, not students, that are universities’ customers.

Simon Clarke: Why we need more students from overseas to stay on and work here

These graduates are not taking jobs from anyone: they’re filling skills gaps and it’s grossly unfair to pretend anything else.