Is Sunak winning over the Universal Credit uplift?

If the Treasury gets its way, the Chancellor will score a big victory. But Ministers should watch for Labour stealing their thunder over taper rates.

Peter Aldous: To bounce back from the pandemic, we need immediate action on ‘lost learning’

If not we risk failing to empower people to train or upskill for good jobs, and losing the economic growth our nation needs.

Peter Aldous: If the Government is to deliver on climate change, it needs better Parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals

Lords and Commons approval would give negotiators an additional argument to support their objectives.

Johnson is pressed in the Commons by Tory MPs about an end to shutdown by Christmas

Fox floated a new Parliamentary committee to “determine that decisions across all parts of Government have been taken on the best available evidence”.

Cummings 1) Rolling list of Conservative MPs who’ve called on him to go

We’re now on Day Four of the controversy. This list began on Day Two and continues. One Minister has resigned from the Government.

Judy Terry: We need to focus on the Eastern Powerhouse

The East of England has become the UK’s epicentre for energy generation, with its unique mix of renewable energy.

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.

Yesterday in the Commons. More opponents than supporters of the Prime Minister’s deal on the Conservative backbenchers.

That said, there was more backing for her from her party than some of today’s headlines suggest.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: What has Oltep done to offend May?

The Prime Minister’s failure to talk about the dependence of the NHS on the economy is bizarre.

Peter Aldous: After the institutional care scandals, let’s give supported housing schemes a boost

Homes adapted for individual requirements allow more independence and better value for money.

Peter Aldous and Heidi Allen: We need a sustainable funding model for supported housing

These often under-recognised services provide essential support to a wide range of this country’s vulnerable citizens.

20 Conservative MPs revolt over tax credits. Five of them are 2015 intake members.

The number of rebels has risen; it is concentrated among post-2005 intake Tories, and in seats that are either marginal or were until recently.

Battlegrounds Revisited 4) East of England

A handful of gains from the Liberal Democrats do little to disguise a total stalemate between Labour and the Tories in this region.

The Election Battleground 4) East of England

The fourth in our series investigates the East of England, where the minor parties are making their presence felt in a traditional Tory-Labour front.

70 Tory MPs vote to repeal the Human Rights Act

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Yesterday in Parliament, Richard Bacon, a Conservative backbencher, tried to introduce a Bill which would… Read more »