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.

Skidmore establishes five new policy task forces, from Global Britain to democratic reform

Seven MPs and three peers will oversee the work of policy innovation.

WATCH: Garnier – “I think we are getting close to the end of austerity”

However the Wyre Forest MP is less optimistic than some about the prospect of a ‘Brexit dividend’ which will further boost public spending.

Patel and Seely win Foreign Affairs committee places. Simon Clarke is elected to the Treasury committee.

The results of yesterday’s Select Committee elections weren’t at all bad for the Brexiteers – or Conservative Friends of Israel, for that matter.

Iain Dale: My by-election bond with Fallon, who’s as human as the rest of us

Plus: What it was like being gay and a Tory – and being sexually assaulted in the “Brief Encounter” – during the vanished world of the 1990s.

Eric Pickles: Netanyahu’s visit. It would be fitting were Britain later to sign its first free trade deal with the Middle East’s only true democracy.

Our relationship with Israel makes us safer, healthier, and more prosperous.

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

How is the new Department for International Trade getting on?

Battlegrounds Revisited 7) West Midlands

This week we examine another region where the main parties fought themselves to a stalemate, whilst UKIP positioned themselves for future success.

Results of the first tranche of Select Committee elections

Some backbenchers are unhappy that people who already have a job as a PPS have been allowed to stand.

Andrew Tyrie V The Thing

The Treasury Select Committee is right to resist the Government’s plan to empower HMRC to raid bank accounts without the permission of a court.

The 2020 Group of Conservative MPs prepares to help shape the next manifesto

We can look forward to proposals on the economy, society and governance from the group that wants to revive the optimism of the early Cameron project.

Conservative MPs react to Nadine Dorries’s suspension

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The 24 Conservative MPs who are still on the backbenches and have never rebelled

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. After last week's reshuffle of the Secretaries and Ministers of State, and this week's… Read more »

Andrea Leadsom misses the cut for the banking inquiry

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter As revealed by ITV's Lucy Manning, the quietly assertive chairman of the Treasury Select… Read more »

Cameron, Osborne and Tyrie react to Barclays scandal

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. 2.30pm Steve Baker MP has called for Bob Diamond, the Barclays CEO, to resign:… Read more »