Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 4) The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.

Richard Ekins: The repeal of the Fix-term Parliaments Act is essential for restoring faith in our democracy

However, the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill must be strengthened.

Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 4) The Armed Forces Bill

Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.

Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 3) The dissolution and calling of Parliament Bill

Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.

Lionel Zetter: The SNP’s second referendum plans seem to include every voter – apart from expatriate Scots

Many maintain close ties with families and friends back home. Their interest in the future of Scotland remains undimmed.

Neil Stock: The planning system is a socialist construct. It desperately needs updating for the modern age.

The legislation introduced by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 is still remarkably unchanged to this day.

Matt Leach: Levelling up isn’t simply about infrastructure – it’s about community connection too. Here’s how the Government can help.

The second of a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about the most distinctive of the Prime Minister’s big aims.

Nick King: Levelling up. The challenge is less defining it than delivering it, for which Johnson will need the private sector.

The first of a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about the most distinctive of the Prime Minister’s big aims.

Alex Crowley: NIMBYs may be vocal, but they do not represent the majority – who want more houses built

Housebuilding is actually popular, has been for years and this is true in every part of the country and for every demographic.

Emily Carver: If our choices are lawful, can we really trust the state to judge which ones will harm us?

Much like a parent intent on disciplining their naughty child, this Government’s preferred policy tool seems to be prohibition.

Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 1) The Online Harms Bill

Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.

Gavin Williamson: Skills, jobs and freedom. My priorities for this week’s Queen’s Speech – and the year ahead.

Our new Lifelong Loan Entitlement will give everyone the equivalent of four years of post-18 education to use over their lifetime.

The socially distanced and politically distanced Queen’s Speech

Some good things, a few bad ones, some absences – and an opportunity missed not so much to level up Britain as to level with voters.

WATCH: Planning reform, axing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act – Her Majesty’s address in full

The Government’s programme to “ensure the UK builds back better and stronger from the pandemic”.

Rachel Wolf: Tests for the delivery of levelling up, and levers with which to deliver it

It now needs to get real. This is clearly the plan in the next few months, starting with the Queen’s Speech tomorrow, leading to the Levelling Up paper.