Is the Government prepared for the political pressures of a rise in interest rates?

Not only would many borrowers feel pain, but the Opposition might well be tempted to seize the chance to pile on the pressure.

Exclusive: Fallon writes to Corbyn over “deeply concerning” anti-NATO policy

The Defence Secretary calls on the Labour leader to reject his youth wing’s position.

Dan Boucher: There should be Conservative/Mutual MPs, as well as Labour/Co-Op MPs

The centenary of the Co-operative Party challenges us to re-assert the link between conservatism and the mutual economic model.

Young Labour’s anti-NATO policy is stuffed full of bogus, ahistorical nonsense

The future leaders of the Left either don’t know their history, or prefer a made-up version of it.

Provision for No Deal is in the Conservative manifesto. A vote against it would thus be one of confidence.

It follows that any Tory MP voting with Corbyn would thus be deprived of the whip, and ineligible to stand as a Party candidate in any election that followed.

WATCH: McDonnell – “I’m not countenancing no deal… it’s not going to happen”

The Shadow Chancellor believes that the House of Commons will force the Government to secure a deal.

WATCH: Starmer won’t rule out continued payments to the EU or ECJ oversight

“It’s a very simple thing: if economically it’s better to have to have an arrangement that works for our business and our economy then we’ll do it.”

Richard Short: Student loans – change the title, change the narrative

We need to look at the write-off threshold more than the repayment threshold or bottom line fees to make a difference that young graduates can relate to.

Stuart Jackson: Why it’s time for a relative energy price cap

It would achieve real competition, incentivise efficiency and bring prices down for the majority (companies would be forced to compete for new customers or wither fast).

Interview: Letwin says the Brexit talks could well fail – and every minister must prepare for this

He discusses his new book, Hearts and Minds, in which he traces the change in Conservative ideas from Thatcher to Cameron and beyond.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May’s war of attrition fails to raise Tory spirits

Gone are the days when the Prime Minister could sweep Corbyn aside as a ludicrous leftie.

The average age of Conservative Party members is 57 – four years older than Labour ones

Twenty four per cent of Bale’s Tory respondents were between 18 and 44, four points lower than the number of his Labour respondents of the same age.

Howard Flight: Today’s Mayite Conservatives have embraced a socialist ethic – with wishy-washy, opportunistic policies.

Mercifully, there remain a few Thatcherites, even in the Cabinet, who believe in the power of liberty, responsibility, commerce and voluntary action.

Lewis Baston: Forty years ago, another Tory conference. It saw that famous Hague speech. And the arrival of Reg Prentice…

The former Labour MP’s defection, and the later split within that party, has not yet found in a parallel in our own turbulent times.

Why are May and capitalism worth conserving?

The Prime Minister must explain today how reforming the system will deliver more gains for workers and familes than tearing it up.