Austen Morgan: Is Buckland letting the judges set the pace on reform?

A contest exists between traditional common lawyers, who believe the constitution exists (in their minds), and modernisers including myself.

Debbie Flint: Winning the social media war in Devon

Identifying heart-warming human interest stories boosts our councillors’ name recognition.

The three testing days for Johnson coming up in the Commons. (Or two and a half at least.)

There’s a Covid-19 debate today, the Internal Market Bill tomorrow, a housing measure on Wednesday – plus maybe the Brady amendment.

Both Johnson and the rebels want a compromise on the UK Internal Market Bill – so it looks as though we’ll get one

It looks as though we are in the territory supported by this site on Monday – Government support for something not unlike the Neill amendment.

The changes that Cox wants from the Government to the UK Internal Market Bill

They confirm that the Government and its critics aren’t that far apart – and Ministers are now distancing themselves from claims of illegality.

Javid is Chancellor. Tugendhat, Foreign Secretary. May, Home Secretary. Introducing the Alternative Cabinet.

The real one is widely and correctly dismissed as weak.  So we’ve had a go at assembling a stronger team.  Here is the result.

The Education Secretary must lead school openings in less than a month. Which is why his Department needs new leadership now.

Johnson will almost certainly decide to tough it out. But he will have a big problem if school returns prove tricky.

Richard Ekins: How the Supreme Court has empowered Gerry Adams to sue the Government – and seek damages

Worse, its judgement has knock-on implications for the effectiveness of government. Urgent corrective legislation is needed.

Beneath the headlines, there’s a case for this having been a continuity reshuffle

The shock departure of Sajid Javid obscures the fact that there was much less churn than one might expect, especially at the lower levels.

Our reshuffle predictions. What we got right and what we didn’t.

“Javid has already seen one SpAd fired. The Prime Minister may push to dismiss at least two more…which he would resist. This one may not end well.”

David Gauke: Javid, Smith, Cox. Three fine Ministers fired – so that Number Ten could take back even more control.

But is a system of government whereby all power is concentrated in Downing Street likely to result in that power being well used?

Reshuffle 1) The lesson of this PJ Masks shakeup. For Johnson and Cummings, it is truly Do or Die.

We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.

Johnson’s reshuffle. If he isn’t Thinking Big it should be Kept Small.

Let Sunak and Dowden join Jenrick at the top table. And that should be about it. If the Coronavirus takes off, Ministerial changes will be the least of our worries.

Rudd and the reshuffle. Not the best woman to make the case for women

If she wants to sound off, fine. But Johnson brought her back, and she then resigned – claiming he didn’t want a Brexit deal. Why should he heed her now?

The calm before the reshuffle? Our first Cabinet League Table of 2020

The month-on-month stability in our rankings highlights against just how much an overall majority has calmed British politics.