Reports of Johnson’s political demise are greatly exaggerated

But this electoral Titan has an Achilles heel – tax rises which, rather than planning or HS2, are the real threat to future Chesham & Amershams.

Daniel Hannan: A Levelling Up Fund will not, on its own, turn Sunderland into Singapore. Localism will take us closer, though.

We left the EU precisely to take back control. Having repatriated power, we mustn’t leave it in the hands of Whitehall functionaries.

Kieran Cooke: Levelling up cannot be all things to all people. Here are some of the challenges of turning soundbite into reality.

The Government’s ambition is commendable, however, the scale of the challenge is significant.

Houchen has won a freeport for Teesside. Will the voters reward him?

Voters who felt taken for granted by Labour, have a Conservative Mayor fighting hard on their behalf.

Commissioners are to be sent in to run Liverpool: Where are the Labour protests?

Imagine if the Thatcher Government had sought to run the City from Whitehall. The self-defeating militancy seems to have been discarded.

David Gauke: Is Britain really set to become a low tax, less regulated, free trading, buccaneering country?

Despite a surprisingly liberal migration policy, the bulk of the post-Brexit evidence so far suggests not.

The Budget. Sunak’s strong message that operation “level up” is under way.

The Government got “Brexit done” – and now wants to deliver on its pledge to spread “opportunity across the whole United Kingdom”.

Andrew Gimson’s Budget sketch: The Chancellor quotes Tennyson and delivers a lesson in levelling up

The Prime Minister listened supportively, but jiggled his right knee up and down in a manner suggestive of unbearable mental tension.

Alexander Stafford: A freeport in South Yorkshire will prove our commitment to the Blue Wall

One of an occasional series of articles that ConservativeHome is publishing in advance of the Budget.

Ben Houchen: The Budget. On Wednesday, Sunak must hear the voice of the North – and kickstart a new era of job creation.

The “Red Wall” communities in my area overwhelmingly backed Johnson in the last election, and it’s essential that the faith they put in him is returned.

Kate Willard: Why I, as the Government’s Thames Estuary Envoy, back Thames Freeport

It will deliver clean and high value development across Britain’s best growth region.

Andrew Rosindell: How close we came to waking up in the backstop

If the Spartans hadn’t held out against the pleas of our colleagues then Britain would have been trapped in a customs union with no way out.

Thames Freeport: River regeneration – an economic opportunity not to be missed

A Thames Freeport will be a magnet for new investment, jobs, skills development and the adoption of greener technology.

Judy Terry: Proposal for a Suffolk Freeport

Linking the Ports of Felixstowe and Harwich would create a strategic hub linking the UK with suppliers and customers across the globe.

Ben Houchen: My advice to the Prime Minister. Go green for more jobs in the Red Wall – and double down on levelling up.

The fourth piece in a ConHome series this week on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.