Henry Hill: Sunak must always remember that the Treasury is one of the few truly British departments

As Chancellor, he has almost unique scope to make the presence of the UK felt in people’s lives throughout the country. That carries risks.

Johnson puts the case for more localism in England. Now he must deliver it.

The more radical his plans are, the more resistance there will be. But one can’t serve up a municipal omelette without breaking eggs.

Henry Hill: Scrapping EVEL makes muscular unionism more important than ever

One can’t plead both ‘our inter-connected United Kingdom’ against English Votes and ‘the spirit of devolution’ against Ukima.

After three by-elections and before tomorrow’s Covid announcement, here are five big challenges for Johnson

The further the act of leaving the EU recedes, the more 2019’s Tory voters will move on – as two recent by-elections reminded us.

The threat of Scottish independence. Is it business as usual? First, pre-election panic. Then the vote. And finally…back to complacency.

Some of the measures announced so far are popular, but there is frustration at the slow pace and lack of coherence.

Husain warns in his new book that British Muslims lead increasingly separate lives

In the large Muslim communities in such towns as Dewsbury, Blackburn and Bradford, integration is not taking place.

Why Poots has departed and what it means

Successive Secretaries of State have preferred to bribe the local parties back to the table than to govern. This must change.

Henry Hill: If Wales is last to unlock, will Welsh business pay the price for our disjointed approach to Covid-19?

When the rules are set in Cardiff Bay and the tab is picked up in London, there are lots of cracks to fall through.

Adrian Mason: Wales needs real devolution. Not Cardiff Bay giving orders.

Local initiatives should not be blocked by the Labour Government. The Levelling Up Fund and Shared Prosperity Fund are very welcome.

Nick King: Levelling up. The challenge is less defining it than delivering it, for which Johnson will need the private sector.

The first of a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about the most distinctive of the Prime Minister’s big aims.

Why there is so much grassroots disquiet at the Welsh Tories’ best-ever Senedd result

Whilst the leadership talks up 16 MSs, activists are angry about missing so many target seats and failing to mobilise the 2019 vote.

The socially distanced and politically distanced Queen’s Speech

Some good things, a few bad ones, some absences – and an opportunity missed not so much to level up Britain as to level with voters.

Jonathan Werran: As recent local elections showed, the mayoral revolution has been a success. Now it must roll on.

The role of strong local leadership here cannot be underestimated in galvanizing place prosperity.

Jonathan Werran: Levelling up. A radical economic overhaul and zero carbon cannot be delivered from the centre.

The moment calls for urgently aligning the agenda for devolution and decentralisation with that of growth and recovery.

The Department of Health should deliver some NHS services directly in the devolved territories

New research shows how devolution has taken the ‘national’ out of the National Health Service. If the UK is to endure and thrive, this must change.