Now that Baker is named as Contingency Minister, Downing Street must back him up

As an Under-Secretary of State, he will have to negotiate with the Chancellor, who is reluctant to commit large-scale resources to planning for No Deal.

Henry Newman: Brexit – and the unresolved Cabinet row that has the power to force resignations

The key question is not whether we can diverge, but whether we can do so without asking the EU first and obtaining their prior agreement.

Will the Government be Ready on Day One for Brexit? If it isn’t, it could collapse altogether.

May needs to demonstrate that Whitehall is prepared – deal or no deal. Crossing one’s fingers and hoping for transition is not an alternative, or shouldn’t be.

Henry Newman: Johnson has got the Foreign Office back in Brexit business. And for that we should all be grateful.

From speaking to civil servants, it seems that – at least until recently – the Cabinet had not properly considered either a preferred end state or indeed transition policy.

Brexit Select Committee election result – Whittingdale, Rees-Mogg, Bone and others elected

A vocal Brexiteer, a vocal critic of the Government’s plans, and two newly-elected MPs (Simon Clarke and Vicky Ford) were unsuccessful in the race.

Charlie Elphicke: Ready on Day One to trade with the world

The final article in the author’s five-piece series on how Britain must prepare for March 31 2019 – and has less than 600 days to get it right.

Is Osborne behind Chapman’s idea of a new Democratic Party?

The former Chancellor has certainly floated the idea himself in the recent past.

Iain Dale: My advice to my latest successor as Davis’s Chief of Staff

Plus: As I bask by a sun-illuminated swimming pool on holiday in Spain, I reflect on how the Spanish respond if you try to fiddle your water supply…

John Lindberg: Leaving Euratom would be a disaster

This move risks forfeiting British leadership in a strategic sector for no obvious benefit at all.

The Brexit White Paper: Link to full text

The Department for Exiting the European Union sets out the Government’s negotiating goals.

James Frayne: If you want the best Brexit, reform the civil service

Its members don’t immerse themselves in the deep subject knowledge required for policy development and giving ongoing advice to politicians.

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

How is the new Department for International Trade getting on?

Davis’ statement on Brexit: full text

The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union updates the House.

WATCH: The Brexit Secretary addresses Parliament

David Davis updates the House on how his Department intents to conduct the process of British disengagement from the European Union.

Alistair Burt: Why we need Brexit Select Committees – and need them now.

We will want to offer Parliament’s view of the extent of prerogative, and where we believe overt Parliamentary endorsement will be in the country’s interest.