Gavin Rice: Free from EU rules, Government contracts can be used as a tool to help struggling communities

Public bodies should award contracts to tenderers operating in regions with the most economic need.

Slowing the loss of senior staff is integral to shoring up Johnson’s Government – and enabling it to deliver

The pace of departure, the allegations about him and how they’re being handled are all inextricably linked.

Cummings claims Johnson tried to halt the “chatty rat” inquiry – because it would cause him “serious problems” with Symonds

He denies being the source of leaks about it and Dyson; is silent on the Saudi-related leak about Newcastle United.

Labour’s Tory sleaze accusations look hypocritical, and – even more interestingly – aren’t landing any blows

The party has its own history of politicians with close links to business.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: See the incredible rejuvenating effects of “Tory sleaze” on dejected Lefties

Johnson declined to look in the slightest bit abashed, and instead offered, as an inspiring example, the recapture of the Falkland Islands.

Ryan Bourne: Why billionaries are a sign of a fair society

It stretches credulity to just assume that rent-seeking or uncompetitive markets account for all British top wealth.

George Freeman: There was much to cheer in the Budget. But now we need an inspiring programme for growth.

At the moment, we are treading water and appear to be relying on popular support for Brexit, and the threat of Corbyn, to keep us in office.

WATCH: Dyson advises the Government to “walk away” in response to the EU’s “outrageous” demands

“We’re in a very, very strong position…we shouldn’t give them any money,” the inventor tells Andrew Marr.

Jo Johnson: We must break open the higher education closed shop

Every period of university expansion in this country has met with opposition.

Dyson is runaway winner as our survey’s business campaigner of the year

The British inventor and industrialist helped to bolster the economic case for Leave. Ian Botham comes a distant second, and Bob Geldof last.

Lord Ashcroft: My final referendum focus groups. “I can’t make my mind up. It’s a lot of responsibility, and I really want to get it right.”

Voices from Bromley and St Austell, as the campaign nears its end.

Why we should support Europe’s war on vacuum cleaners

The more that we can reduce our demand for electricity, the less we’ll need on the supply side.