May doesn’t need a First Secretary of State

The course consistent with this site’s recommendations is to appoint a more junior Cabinet Office Minister.

Raab and Stewart. Our survey’s top Ministerial choices for Cabinet promotion.

Jo Johnson is third. Then Greg Hands and Matt Hancock. But those who lead the results may be no less likely to go up than those who trail them.

The Conservative MPs most likely next to make the Cabinet are those you may not have heard of

The Mercers, Tugendhats and Cleverlys get a lot of media coverage. However, most promotions come from the ranks of the toiling Ministers of State.

Tony Devenish: It’s housing that matters, stupid

Too many Conservative councils are being passive on this key challenge – while sitting on vast supplies of surplus land.

Victoria Borwick: We must turn Labour’s red tide in London

The Conservative position in the capital is steadily eroding. Unless this trend is reversed, the hard left could stall Britain’s greatest engine of growth.

Norman to Transport. Rolling reshuffle list of junior appointments.

A summary of the news from the junior ranks to date. Announcements of appointments yet to conclude.

“I honestly think that Fox is setting about this with real vision and determination”

How is the new Department for International Trade getting on?

Jarrow goes blue! But May loses her seat! Yet it’s a Tory landslide! The amazing 2020 General Election.

We present dismissible projections drawn from last June’s results…and some electoral trends that are not so dismissible.

May needs fixers

The combination of a small majority, radical intent, a flow of power one way to Cabinet Ministers and another to key aides requires adjustment.

From Reggie to Dessie: Letwin – fine, if you want the Times crossword completed in five minutes. But…

A pre-CSR session with the Chancellor at Dorneywood. Have the Chinese bugged Freya the Cut? DC One’s second-hand fittings. And: Boris Bearded.

The Cabinet: Who’s up, down…and likely to be out

Nicky Morgan’s leadership ambitions and next week’s Conservative Conference give us the chance to hold a snap review.

Stephen Greenhalgh launches bid to become Mayor of London

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime pledges to cut fares and regenerate the capital’s most deprived areas.

Iain Dale: Let’s send pro-reform, bone-dry Theresa Villiers to Brussels

Plus: The shuffle I want. Brown flops. Why on earth do Conservative Governments pour millions into Liverpool? And: In memory of Andy Wilson.

Team Osborne – feared, admired, and sometimes enraging for other Conservatives

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Mansion House speech, here are the people who have stood by him ever since 2005

Profile: Greg Hands – the next Conservative Chief Whip?

Admirers of Hands say he has the toughness needed to speak truth to power. His detractors say he is far too close to the Chancellor.