Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: The Prime Minister did not stoop and could not conquer

He would not conciliate the Liaison Committee by promising to meet it three times a year, let alone by holding an inquiry into Cummings.

Select Committee chairmanships announced

Ellwood to chair the Defence Committee. Tugendhat to chair Foreign Affairs. Hunt to chair Health and Social Care.

Johnson’s shuffle. If one asks for decisiveness – for an end to drift – don’t complain when it’s delivered.

We have the Government that we should have had then, ready to counter the charge that Vote Leave scurried away from Brexit, rather than manning up to deliver it.

Which MP is backing which candidate. Our named estimates. Johnson 131, Hunt 48, Gove 36, Javid 22

Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.

Mordaunt leads the pack in our latest Cabinet League Table

Truss and Davidson take the other podium spots, challenging the assumptions held in some quarters about the Tory grassroots.

Mel Stride is appointed Leader of the House of Commons

The former Treasury Minister is regarded as a “safe pair of hands”. However, he may not stay in post for long.

WATCH: Stride – ‘Income inequality is at its lowest level on record’

“It would be wrong if we blunt those wealth creators who are not only making wealth, but are also paying taxes.”

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.

Iain Dale: Did the Chief Whip knife Jones – and other pro-Leave Ministers – in this reshuffle?

Plus: Let’s have no sympathy for Farron. He didn’t give straight answers to straight questions, and is thus the cause of his own downfall.

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.

From Reggie to Dessie: “Corbyn emerged like a badly-dressed Christmas tree, and was smoothed down by a Palace Footman.”

Plus: Portaloos for the Lords Car Park. My ancestor’s exploits at Agincourt. The Spectre of Mel Stride. And: Priti Patel at the Male, Pale and Stale.

A second Coalition. A minority Conservative Government. Or…

…a deal with DUP? The Guardian floats one today – as Mel Stride did recently on this site.

Mel Stride MP: Stagnation or growth – what is the true picture on productivity?

Expect it to rise soon, if it isn’t already.