The non-reshuffle shuffle

Morgan is Culture Secretary from the Lords, Hart Welsh Secretary – and this holding operation presages a bigger reshuffle after Brexit at the end of January.

Yesterday in the Commons. More opponents than supporters of the Prime Minister’s deal on the Conservative backbenchers.

That said, there was more backing for her from her party than some of today’s headlines suggest.

Sixteen Parliamentarians appointed to the Conservative Policy Commission taskforces

The chairs of the 1922 Policy Boards are joined by a range of MPs and peers, all of whom will aid Skidmore’s work.

Battleground Seats 1) The South West

We open a ConservativeHome series, which will run each Monday during the election campaign, on the key contests in each region

James Heappey: May is right to give Hinkley the green light

We have to make the right decisions today to keep the lights on in ten years’ time, and nuclear is vital as we transition to clean energy.

James Heappey: The EU needs major change, but leaving isn’t worth the risk

If we vote to leave, everything around us will react to our decision and we just don’t know what the cost of that reaction will be.

James Heappey MP: Smart energy systems will enable consumers to get cheap electricity

Our white goods will speak to the smart meter so the dishwasher, washing machine or tumble drier is waiting to spring to life at the most favourable tariff.

The complete Cameron’s Children: an analysis of all 74 new Conservative MPs

On the surface, this intake looks different from those that have preceded it – and is in some respects. But beneath it, this is in many ways a very traditional Tory group.