Iain Dale: How Hilary Benn’s speech moved me to tears

Plus: Cameron blew it. So did Hammond. And: My friendship with Tony Benn.

Philip Hammond: The chances of unifying Cyprus are stronger than ever

Yesterday I visited the island for the second time in four months, to offer the UK’s support.

Gove versus the House of Saud

The Justice Secretary’s victory on the misguided prison deal shows that his opposition to tyranny persists.

How Theresa May led the Leave campaign…and became Prime Minister

Many eyes are on the Mayor of London, but more should be on the Home Secretary – as the only holder of a great office of state who may yet back Leave.

On immigration, Cameron must help May to hold the line

For all the Government’s failures, she was making a bold, brave argument. It may offend the zeitgeist within the M25, but it resonates in the bigger Britain.

The Cabinet: Who’s up, down…and likely to be out

Nicky Morgan’s leadership ambitions and next week’s Conservative Conference give us the chance to hold a snap review.

Philip Hammond MP: Why now is the time to renew our relations with Iran

It presents us with challenges, but also opportunities after the recent nuclear deal.

Boris, Javid and Osborne battle it out to head our future leadership survey

The Mayor of London leads the Business Secretary by a single vote.

Let the rainbow flag fly from Downing Street. And the crescent of Islam. And…

The pastures of diversity stretch out before us in all their fullness‬.

What does Cameron’s “full second term and no further” pledge mean in practice?

As speculation about his successors rises, the Prime Minister’s authority will diminish. MPs will seek to impress their future boss, not their current one.

From Reggie to Dessie: Soames’s latest wheeze. Nominating Philip Davies to chair the Women and Equalities Committee

Plus: Colonel Simpson tells the tearoom that the Bavarian schloss in which the G7 was held was “an SS Officer Training School during the late hostilities”.

Tobias Ellwood MP: Five ways in which we must tackle ISIS

Military effort. Cutting off finances. Halting recruitment. Stabilising countries and communities. And countering the terrorists’ propaganda machine

Sajid Javid leaps to second place and Osborne to third in our next Tory leader survey

Boris’s score falls by six points and May drops to fourth place.

Andrew Lilico: Any EU renegotiation must, by definition, include Treaty change

“Renegotiation” within the existing treaties is just changing EU policy – but our objection is that Brussels has the power to make policy at all.

Alok Sharma MP and Stephan Mayer MdB: Britain and Germany can work together to deliver free movement reform

There have been some recent positive signs from the ECJ that EU states are within their rights already to curb blatant benefit abuse by migrants.