Spelman: This Government will stand up for rural communities which have suffered in the past

By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter In an article for the Daily Telegraph today, Caroline Spelman, the Secretary of State for… Read more »

Owen Paterson joins Cabinet top ten after Eurosceptic intervention (while support for Clegg plunges)

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The end-December survey of ConHome members found a big jump in support for the Northern… Read more »

Grayling, Howarth and Villiers join IDS and Paterson in telling Cameron to toughen up

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter A group of senior Ministers including Iain Duncan Smith and Owen Paterson sought to… Read more »

IDS, Gove and Pickles top Cabinet league table

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The most notable change this month has already been noted; a big drop in… Read more »

Michael Gove is Paul Dacre’s new pin-up

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. My evidence for the claim?  The following: Simon Heffer's column this morning, headed: "Could… Read more »

Francis Maude, flourishing as a minister, unveils radical overhaul of public procurement

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Public procurement may not be the most exciting of topics for a Sunday morning but… Read more »

3/10 Rebooting Project Cameron: A reshuffle that recognises the breadth of the Conservative family

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter This is what I write in this morning's Times (£): "David Cameron has never tried… Read more »

“Good for the economy and good for women”: May announces plans for 5,000 female mentors

By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter  In a speech at the Royal Commonwealth Club today, Theresa May announced plans to put… Read more »

IDS, Gove and Eric Pickles top Cabinet league table; Chief Whip and Clarke plunge into negative territory

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter There are signs that the EU debate has influenced the end-October ratings for the… Read more »

Has one of Smiley’s People replaced Tobias Ellwood at Defence?

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Tobias Ellwood was Liam Fox's Parliamentary Private Secretary, and I'm reliably told that he… Read more »

The lack of Right-wing voices in the Cabinet (continued)

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. In my Sunday Telegraph column I return to the issue of the Right's representation… Read more »

Tinker, tailor, soldier, Osborne – a.k.a: George Smiley’s reshuffle

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. In Tomas Alfredson's new film of the John Le Carre novel, Gary's Oldman's George… Read more »

Was anyone in Government tipped off before the meeting that sealed Fox’s fate?

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Most papers this morning report the consensus account of Liam Fox's depature: he leapt. … Read more »

Philip Hammond is new Defence Secretary. Justine Greening is new Transport Secretary.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Three quick points: For defence, David Cameron clearly wanted someone who will calm down… Read more »

The Times reports that Werritty was funded by a private intelligence firm

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. David Cameron has three main reasons not to sack Liam Fox.  The first is… Read more »