“The SNP play politics as though it were a game. But politics is not a game.” May’s speech to the Scottish Conservatives: full text

“People in Scotland deserve a First Minister who is focused on their priorities – raising standards in education, taking care of the health service, reforming criminal justice.”

Henry Hill: Sturgeon conjures ‘threat to devolution’ to try to break out of her Brexit corner

Also: Jones wants to turn Britain into a ‘mini-EU’; Ulster goes to the polls tomorrow; and Khan lands himself in hot water with Scottish nationalists.

Brooks Newmark: May must grasp this opportunity to end the scourge of homelessness

The report I have been working on over the past year will provide the Government with a clear strategy to help tackle rough sleeping.

Henry Hill: Conservatives attack SNP for neglecting the Scottish Parliament

Also: May ‘intensifies’ work with devolved leaders on Brexit; Brokenshire attacks one-sided Troubles inquiries; Scottish Labour will ‘never’ back another referendum; and more.

The Supreme Court has ruled. Now get on with Article 50.

Whether by accident or design, the Government’s appeal has led the Supreme Court to kill off two potential threats to Brexit.

Wayne Fitzgerald: How Peterborough has coped with adult social care pressures

But the need for long term reform of the system will not go away.

Henry Hill: Brokenshire says devolution is ‘only option’ for Ulster

Also: Davidson attacks SNP’s efforts to deepen divisions over Brexit; and the Welsh Conservatives criticise Labour’s bid to overturn new trade union laws.

Henry Hill: Strange but true – Unionists may come to miss McGuinness

Also: Labour slumps to lowest levels in Welsh polls since last days of Brown’s premiership; and Scottish Tories accuse SNP of a ‘wasted decade’.

Mundell’s ‘hint’ on a special Scottish deal is nothing of the sort

Beneath the headlines the Scottish Secretary’s statements were entirely consistent with the Prime Minister’s muscularly unionist approach.

SNP MP Ahmed-Sheikh could lose seat over HMRC court action

Also: Brokenshire pledges to focus on victims of republicans; Welsh Tories attack Jones’ record of failure; SNP accused of wasting over £940m; and more.

Darren Millar: The Welsh Government is letting down another generation of children

Wales has held the dubious accolade of the worst education system in the UK for a decade.

How May’s Government differs from Cameron’s

She’s only been in power for a few months but there have already been ten notable policy changes.

Wales’s First Minister turns on Scotland’s First Minister over Single Market

Also: Mundell calls for devolution within Scotland; and Hammond praises the Ulster economy.

Chris Whitehouse: The Combined Solent Deal should be buried once and for all

We must find alternative routes to deliver the economic growth that we are all determined to see.

Michael Heseltine’s lecture on devolution: full text

The former Deputy Prime Minister delivered the Peter Hennessy Lecture at the Queen Mary University of London.