Has the ‘jobs miracle’ lost its electoral appeal?

The employment and unemployment rates are each at the best levels since the 1970s. But do voters care?

Voters relied on the Conservatives to fix the deficit – fluffing it will do lasting damage

We can already see the damage being done to the Tory vote by the uncomfortable prospect of a near-permanent twilight state of austerity.

Iain Duncan Smith: The housing crisis demands a revolutionary new approach

Rethink how we build communities. Scrap Osborne’s tax on landlords. And give more people the chance to own their home.

Wanted: a revived campaign for Brexit of all parties and none. Without it, Remain may snatch victories from defeat.

The news is not all bad for supporters of Leave. But a weakened Government needs third party support to deliver not so much a Soft or Hard Brexit as a clean one.

Henry Newman: Hammond has listened to his colleagues over Brexit. Now they should listen to him, and make it open – not closed.

His Mansion House speech offered an opportunity to shift the tone of Brexit policy towards openness, liberalism, free trade and responsible capitalism.

Christopher Howarth: May has a rock-solid mandate to deliver a Brexit for all parts of Britain

Conservative MPs should get wise to Osborne’s attempt to bluff, panic and stampede them into backing Single Market membership – and no proper migration control.

Conservative MPs do not believe that May can lead them into the next election. Nor, reluctantly, do we.

The Party is damned if she goes quickly, and damned if she doesn’t. And, all the while, the threat of a no confidence challenge hangs over her head.

If I know Osborne, he will be thinking ahead – and mulling his chances of editing the Times

It is doubtless bad manners to ask, on day two of his new job, what he will do next. But posing the question and trying to answer it is irresistible.

WATCH: Osborne – “My job as Editor of the Evening Standard is to speak for London: speak for my readers, speak for this country”

The former Chancellor begins his transition from the Commons as an MP to a newspaper as an editor.

Osborne to stand down as the MP for Tatton

He will carry on “fighting for that Britain I love” as editor of the Evening Standard.

Ben Rochelle: How can Greening get out of the trap she’s in over the National Funding Formula for schools?

During a meeting with other disgruntled Conservative MPs, George Osborne allegedly told the Education Secretary: “Now you see why I didn’t do this.”

Nadhim Zahawi: Apprenticeships – a crowning achivement of this Government’s work

You may well hear grumbling from businesses about the levy which will help to fund them – but the effort will be worth it.

If Britain needs a new party, we’ll only find out after Brexit

The Government’s opponents face a choice between cobbling together a rearguard vehicle for the negotiations or adapting to what comes next.

James Frayne: Did Cameron and Osborne push the case for Uber? Let’s hope so.

Ultimately, happiness derives from things outside the state’s control. To the extent they can, politicians should encourage businesses that deliver them.

James Frayne: May needs a replacement for Osborne the modernist

His time as an MP is surely coming to an end, but Conservatives will miss the former Chancellor’s enthusiasm for technology and global competitiveness.