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The Government seems to have no plan to communicate as cost of living woes multiply. Here’s a first stab at one.

The former Policy Unit head isn’t the institutional Treasury’s greatest fan, and it will watch this appointment closely.

These moves are like those of a boxer who throws his arms round his opponent in an attempt to save himself from a knock-out blow.

Fifty-three Conservatives opposed the tiering plan last December, the largest Covid-related rebellion to date.

There were 44 Tory abstentions – which is in the same territory as last week’s vote on the same issue.

But it looks as though some 40 others abstained. That’s a warning shot across the Government’s bows on tax rises.

If the Spartans hadn’t held out against the pleas of our colleagues then Britain would have been trapped in a customs union with no way out.

If no good deal comes and No Deal happens, the option of a return to EU membership is no longer on the table.

That’s the biggest Tory revolt so far on a virus-related division, and enough potentially to defeat the Government in future.

Growing anti-lockdown sentiment among northern Labour mayors and councils offer him new opportunities – and dangers.

The Brady amendment is part of the developing story of a clash between leaders and backbenchers over Party management, culture and MPs’ status.

The real one is widely and correctly dismissed as weak. So we’ve had a go at assembling a stronger team. Here is the result.

Plus: incompetence, resignations, non-resignations, reputations, my holiday, Any Questions and Finkelstein’s book.

Johnson will almost certainly decide to tough it out. But he will have a big problem if school returns prove tricky.

Four members from the 2019 intake make the top 50, beating longer-serving and higher-ranked colleagues.

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