Michael Dugher: Ministers deserve credit for their evidence-led review of betting and championship of safer gambling

The industry has implemented a number of measures to make these activities more secure.

The fullest account yet written of Sunak the rising star

Tories will read the story of his ascent to high office with enormous pleasure – for it amounts to a vindication of the United Kingdom.

Our Cabinet League Table: Sunak is still top, and Johnson is back in positive territory – just

All in all, it’s much of a muchness – with Douglas Ross down by about 25 points, now that his Party Conference coverage has faded.

Our Cabinet League Table. The Prime Minister falls into negative territory.

It’s a rotten springboard from which to vault into Party Conference as it begins today. But what goes down may go back up.

The Conservative Party Conference programme – and which ministers are up and down

It’s speeches for Sunak, Patel and Raab; interviews in different formats for Gove, Hancock and others; while others still are relegated to panels…

WATCH: “Young people have paid a huge price during this crisis… it’s only fair to get them back to university” – Dowden

“It’s important for students not to have to give up a year of their life by not going to university”.

WATCH: Dowden – “If we all pull together”, students going home for Christmas “should be possible”

“I don’t think it’s helpful at this stage – three months away – to speculate” on what will happen at universities, says the Culture Secretary.

Neil O’Brien: Johnson should instruct a team of Ministers to wage war on woke

The future was that we would be colour-blind.  Instead, wokeism tells us we should see each other as members of different races. 

What could give the Government a sense of purpose – and chances to achieve? Making Gove Deputy Prime Minister.

Johnson needs a Simon Milton figure in government. The move would be controversial, to put it mildly. But who else is there?

Johnson plummets into the bottom third of our Cabinet League table

Last month, he was sixth from top. Now, he is eighth from bottom. Only six Ministers have a satisfaction rating of more than half.

The Education Secretary must lead school openings in less than a month. Which is why his Department needs new leadership now.

Johnson will almost certainly decide to tough it out. But he will have a big problem if school returns prove tricky.

Iain Dale: My end of term report on the Cabinet. Part Two.

By the way, it is a travesty that the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Leader of the House aren’t full members.

Profile: Olive, sorry, Oliver Dowden, saviour of the arts, bedrock insider – and unknown to the public

Few people understand better than the Culture Secretary how the government machine works, or fails to work.

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.