Quietly, discreetly and without a fanfare, Ministers bury austerity

What will replace the surplus target?

May needs fixers

The combination of a small majority, radical intent, a flow of power one way to Cabinet Ministers and another to key aides requires adjustment.

Ed Cox: The Northern Powerhouse powers on

Osborne launches his new think-tank today, and the project that he championed will continue – though with differences.

Hammond falls 20 points and five places in our Cabinet League Table

The drop is best explained by the Chancellor’s well-reported stress on a Brexit settlement as close to single market membership as can be found.

Lord Ashcroft: Yes, my focus groups like May’s confident start. But she faces three potential pitfalls.

Achieving the right Brexit deal is the key. This would be a good deal easier if everyone agreed what the right deal looked like.

A points system v work permits. Either way, voters want less immigration.

Whatever your view about the desirability of the former, the Prime Minister is under no obligation to sign up to it.

May decisions for autumn. 1) What’s to be done about the deficit?

The Prime Minister and Hammond must choose between risks.

Profile: Philip Hammond, the Goth with “lovely long silky hair” who became Chancellor

He supports single market membership and is unlikely to enthuse about an industrial strategy. Meet the man who could make or mar May’s premiership.

Sunder Katwala: You get what you pay for with immigration control. Voters want more – which means higher spending

The need for extra resources will not go down a storm with Hammond. But if we want a system that is effective, fair and trusted, we should resource it accordingly.

Cabinet catches Farage moustache craze. Shocking new pictures.

Hammond’s leads by a whisker.

From Project Fear to Project Reassurance

Funding for EU programmes in the UK will be maintained until 2020 – just as Vote Leave promised.

A Conservative Prime Minister tops our Cabinet League Table for the first time

Our Party member readers give the new top team an emphatic vote of confidence.

Cameron’s resignation list. Our quick quiz answers.

Which former aide turned down a peerage? See text (and picture left).

Howard Flight: Conundrums of economic policy in the wake of Brexit

Overall, my advice is not to seek to reduce interest rates yet further which could have contrarian effects.

Ziya Meral: Imagine if the Turkish coup had been attempted in the UK

We would need help and support restructuring our civil service and our military. London should offer Ankara that assistance.