Andy Street: How thinking green, and levelling up, can insulate against future cost-of-living shocks

From new housebuilding techniques to green manufacturing, the West Midlands is leading the way towards greater security.

Ian Smart: Scotland and the next election. Why the Tory trap that Johnson is preparing for Starmer may not work.

In 1979, the Nationalists helped Thatcher oust Labour and got smashed. They won’t help the Prime Minister.

Henry Hill: As voters go to the polls in Northern Ireland, the DUP is fighting for second

Also: it looks like it will be a good day for Labour in both Wales and Scotland as Douglas Ross struggles to make headway.

Henry Hill: Another litany of SNP failures – when will Westminster dare to take back control?

A judge-led enquiry into the ferry scandal and a unified national census are obvious starting points.

Why the Government might pass a special law to override the Northern Irish Protocol

London has set a pattern for big talk and no action, but that this seems a hostile leak may be grounds to take it seriously.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon dodges police action for mask breach and faces calls to suspend MPs

Also: Rees-Mogg once again talks tough on the Protocol – but does the Government really have the will to act?

Henry Hill: Tories attack other parties for propping up SNP councils as local campaign heats up

Also: Sturgeon likened to Trump after she bans print journalists from SNP launch event.

Jonathan Werran: Levelling Up must not leave behind the South East

Ministers must not forget that parts of the South East, including some coastal communities, are as in need of attention as anywhere else.

Defence, energy, food. Ten ways in which this war should change Government policy and the way we live.

Watch in particular for interaction between Ukrainian refugees and small boats as the year lengthens.

Henry Hill: How will the new Euro-British détente affect the Protocol negotiations?

Also: as Scottish Labour ditch the traditional rose, when will the national parties overhaul their ageing brands?

Henry Hill: Frost’s call for joined-up UK crisis response highlights split on Union strategy

His call for a stronger British state reflects the thinking of many Conservatives… but not, yet, the Government’s actual policy.

Henry Hill: Energy policy is reserved for a reason, and the SNP should not be able to block new nuclear power plants

With traditional cluelessness, Westminster devolved planning policy without a carve-out for vital national infrastructure projects.

Marius S. Ostrowski: Four ways to improve the Skills Bill

Better integration with academic courses, more employer involvement, and a clearer balance between local and national oversight would all help.

Henry Hill: Johnson talks tough on the Protocol, but does he mean it?

Also: devolved administrations cling tight to Covid powers; Lewis raises prospect of prosecuting terrorists; SNP retreat from pension lie.

The now or never moment for Article 16 is fast approaching

The DUP has suspended checks and Stormont is on the brink of collapse; if Truss cannot secure concessions, Johnson must act.