The arts bailout: a reminder not to underestimate Dowden

The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has exceeded all expectations with his recent negotiations.

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.

Angela Richardson: Recovery cannot come a moment too soon for the performing arts

Our rich cultural heritage is essential to the beating heart of this country, and must not be forgotten through Coronavirus.

Caroline Nokes: Spare a thought for women. Male ministers have forgotten we exist in their lockdown easing plans.

While barbers, beers and football are deemed priorities for reopening, female-dominated businesses, like nail salons, have been left in limbo.

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.

Dowden – “The Government itself does not propose to remove statues or memorial on its property.”

“We should all respect due process and fair hearing, rather than tolerate criminal acts and mob rule.”

Andy Street: Let the West Midlands be the test bed for reopening tourism and culture

We stand ready to act as a pilot area that would provide valuable insights for UK venues preparing for life after lockdown.

WATCH: Dowden on the return of live sport from Monday at the earliest

Football, tennis, horseracing, formula one, cricket, golf, snooker and others are “all set to return to our screens shortly”.

WATCH: Dowden leads today’s press conference. The number of people in hospital with the virus has fallen below 10,000.

That’s for the first time since March. The Culture Secretary says that he’d like to see elite sports back up and running in some form by mid-June.

Blood tests at airports, robot microbe killers, and attendants in PPE: How Covid-19 will affect the future of travel

Various new measures are being created to cope with the threat of the virus, with huge ramifications for tourism.

Karl McCartney: Come on, Dowden – take action to protect British football

The Saudi financing of Newcastle United is a national disgrace. It’s time we took it seriously.

Our survey. Is the Cabinet, which must wrestle with the Coronavirus, fit for purpose?

Four in five of our party member respondents say yes. Hunt is top choice to come in from outside – but there’s no strong support for any non-member.

Neil O’Brien: Why Conservative MPs have set up the China Research Group

The Chinese Communist Party doesn’t really believe in free or fair markets and has a strategy based on domination, not fair competition.

Grassroots members stand by Patel in our latest Cabinet League Table

The overall numbers are down slightly after the allegations against the Home Secretary and the Government’s defeat over Heathrow.

Whacking the BBC. Change is coming – whether the Corporation likes it or not.

This site is opposed to subscription funding and a decriminalised licence fee. But both will be forced on the BBC if it doesn’t reform.