CCHQ looks to bring Elliott inside the tent – but in what capacity?

The Times tips him to be put in charge of reforming the campaign machine, but he’d be perfectly suited to implement ConservativeHome’s proposed outreach programme.

Alexander Temerko: The Conservative Party needs reform from top to bottom

Party members should elect our next Chairman and other key figures. Through this process, we will be able to identify talented candidates and platforms.

The average age of Conservative Party members is 57 – four years older than Labour ones

Twenty four per cent of Bale’s Tory respondents were between 18 and 44, four points lower than the number of his Labour respondents of the same age.

Nicky Morgan: Party members are fed up with being sidelined. And six other lessons from Manchester.

There was a genuine sense of grievance that policy suggestions and campaigning ideas are never listened to.

The Pickles Review. As expected, he doesn’t rock the boat. But he gives it a nudge (and then some).

The most startling element is its one big dive outside the workings of the Tory machine: he wants the leader’s powers to draw up the manifesto to be reined in.

Conservative Party membership “is down by a quarter”. Will it drop below 100,000 next year?

There has been radio silence from CCHQ since 2014. Any organisation that won’t declare a figure has the smell of decay about it.

Iain Dale: Pull yourselves together, Johnson, Hammond – the whole squabbling lot of you. Or we’ll have Corbyn in Downing Street.

Plus: The Labour leader’s other Brighton speech: “It was a full-blown Marxist rant. Put up taxes. Employers are evil. You know the sort of thing. They lapped it up.”

Robert Halfon: It’s time to bring democracy to the Conservative Party

If new members realise that they have no real say in making their new party one that really works for everyone, they won’t remain members for long.

Helen Harrison: May’s Florence speech 2) It was bad – and activists must speak out against these feeble, careerist, pro-Remain ministers

Here’s the irony: if we bite our tongues and say nothing, and if Brexit is lost, we lose the next election anyway.

Twelve tests for the Pickles/Brady Conservative Party review

ConservativeHome’s proposals for Party reform, to avoid a repeat of the miserable snap election result.

Our CCHQ election audit: the rusty machine, part three: What can be done to fix it?

After exposing the flaws in the Conservative campaign operation, we propose 12 reforms to help to avoid repeating such failings in future.

We warned CCHQ that something like ‘Activate’ would happen

As long as the Party refuses to run a Tory youth organisation properly, third parties will exploit the gap and put its image at risk.

Labour members can shout down Corbyn’s critics at Conference

Plans to give much more time for rank-and-file speeches may be why Khan and Burnham are having a hard time getting speaking slots.

Pickles and Brady to conduct Party’s inquiry into the general election campaign

With the Government’s position more secure, the Conservatives are finally turning to the task of finding out what went so horribly wrong in June – and you can take part.

Clifton-Brown, Jenrick and Walker elected to the Conservative Party Board

Two incumbents were re-elected by Tory MPs, and Jenrick joins the Board for the first time.