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He committed during the leadership election contest to raise it to £5000 per pupil – and level up outside London.

Patel’s aim and Johnson’s announcements will be difficult to deliver, but he is intent on proving that his Government is “on your side”.

The new Party Chairman doesn’t quite utter the Cameron-like words “sharing the proceeds of growth”, but that’s his message.

Hammond and the Institute for Fiscal Studies are simply mistaken to suggest otherwise. It’s not as though we’re still living in 2010.

His time and room are very constricted, but he can at least demonstrate his domestic priorities – police and schools.

Which candidate can devise and push through the policies needed to unite the Tory shires with the Leave voters of the north?

Spending cuts have caused a spirit of innovaton and cultural change in our town halls.

Between them, the two remaining candidates have already clocked up tax and spending promises of around £51 billion per year.

Raising national insurance, fewer “sin taxes”, public sector pay rises, more schools spending – all are part of his programme.

Jacob Rees-Mogg mulls the “constitutional problem” of a new Prime Minister not requiring an election. Plus: his memories of 13-year-old Rory Stewart.

Sky Data’s numbers suggest that there is no public agreement on how to bear the large costs of the proposal.

We apologise for not being swept away by the mania for new announcements that infests this leadership contest.

Britain Beyond Brexit, a New Conservative Vision for a New Generation, is published today by the CPS.

It’s easy to pledge nice-sounding achievements in the far future, but irresponsible not to explain the costs now.

Each week, our panel of John O’Sullivan, Rachel Wolf, Trevor Phillips, Tim Montgomerie and Marcus Roberts will analyse and assess what’s happening.

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