Our Cabinet League Table: Sunak top, Johnson down again, Patel up – and Williamson and Jenrick in negative territory

That’s the Prime Minister’s lowest score since he entered Downing Street for the first time last summer.

Profile: Ben Elliot, Co-Chairman of the Party, under fire for the seating plan which put Jenrick next to Desmond

This Johnson ally, who runs the party on the PM’s behalf, has two modes, charming and angry, and is a more serious figure than he looks.

Rob Sutton: Top Tories on Twitter. Case Study 4) Tom Tugendhat

His position has given him the freedom to speak openly and with authority where those holding government portfolios must tread lightly.

James Roberts: Big state spender Roosevelt shouldn’t be Gove’s new role model

In that sense, his speech could easily have been given by a much more fitting figure for the Ditchley Foundation: Tony Blair.

“Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”

The big picture is that Johnson is dashing for growth. We devoutly hope it works but the precedents aren’t promising.

The Moggcast: “Sounds very like being at the casino” – Rees-Mogg is a stranger to Gove’s Monte Carlo method

Our interviewee on why David Frost is the “Henry Kissinger of our days”, Tory rebellions and how he thinks churches will cope with social distancing.

Cummings makes the weather as a hard rain falls on Sedwill

Three cheers for three reforms: of the civil service, of Ministers and of one that this Government tends to avoid – of public services.

Rob Sutton: Introducing the top 50 Conservative MPs on Twitter

Four members from the 2019 intake make the top 50, beating longer-serving and higher-ranked colleagues.

“If this Government is to reform so much, it must also reform itself.” Gove’s speech on change in Whitehall. Full text.

“Now we must listen to ideas on transforming government itself…because the machinery of government is no longer equal to the challenges of today.”

Profile: Robert Jenrick, who rose without trace until he hit two bumps in the road

If the Housing Secretary is to survive, he will have to learn the art of sometimes saying no to property developers such as Richard Desmond.

Roderick Crawford: Brexit and trade. Here’s a grand bargain to open the way to a final agreement.

Specific governance arrangements can be established in individual areas, and an agreement should sit outside the overarching institutional framework.

The culture of “special measures” prepares to counter the threat of the virus

And the threat to the NHS seems distant enough to experiment with the relaxation of the two metre rule.

Alexander Stafford: PPE – and how our throwaway culture is endangering our national security

The production of reusable PPE in such places as Rother Valley would tie in with the North’s vital role in the UK’s green recovery.

The Government has held 86 Coronavirus press conferences. How many has Coffey fronted? None. Why?

If the Prime Minister doesn’t have confidence in his most senior Ministers, it’s impossible to see how anyone else can.

Johnson falls 20 points to his lowest-ever Prime Ministerial score in our latest Cabinet League Table

Overall ratings are down but the Chancellor sidesteps this trend and posts another stellar score.