Javid comes straight in at fifth place; Williamson’s score is in freefall; and the podium positions are unchanged.
The industry has gone to huge efforts to become Covid secure, and contributes a huge amount in tax.
The Office of National Statistics data shows that the amount of adults self-isolating has rapidly come down.
“We have to learn to live with Covid…we want every step to be irreversible. The restrictions on our freedoms must come to an end.”
The former Work and Pensions Secretary suggests the appointment will shift the balance of the argument inside the Government.
His in-tray features: Covid, mental health, NHS reform…and social care. He’s set to be the most pressured Health Secretary since Lansley.
The new Health Secretary tells the media “I was honoured to take up this position. I also know it comes with huge responsibility”.
“The Government has said they will do it by the end of this year, and I know Sajid will want to honour that promise.”
The pace of departure, the allegations about him and how they’re being handled are all inextricably linked.
The former Chancellor discusses his conservative vision with Ryan Henson of the Coalition for Global Prosperity.
On Friday 26th and Saturday 27th March, join Javid, Jenrick, Scully and other special guests in our free fringe programme.
A new volume of essays puts special advisers in historical context, and suggests the Cabinet has been marginalised by a succession of over-mighty PMs.
Housing First is essential but not sufficient – if there are as many non-UK nationals sleeping on the streets post-Covid as before.
When his family fell on hard times, education made the difference. Were there to be a vacancy in that department, he would be an obvious candidate.
This minimalist manoeuvre, carried out in graveyard news time, suggests that a bigger reshuffle has been postponed until the other side of the year.