WATCH: ‘I regret and apologise for every death’, says Sturgeon

Marr challenges the First Minister over the SNP’s record on care home deaths, but she denies that there was “some particular problem” in Scotland.

Richard Ritchie: What the great Commons debates on devolution can teach today’s unionists

Four decades on, history seems likely to vindicate those who warned that devolution would undermine the United Kingdom.

Henry Hill: Johnson prepares to take a more ‘robust’ line on the Union… but muzzles devosceptics

Also: Plaid suspend high-profile candidate over antisemitic comments; DUP call on O’Neill to ‘step aside’; and Anglesey spared shake-up of Welsh seats.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon sets out plan to ‘unlock’ Scotland… one day before England

Also: DUP demand clarity from Johnson over customs checks, and Abolish the Welsh Assembly get their first representative in it.

Tom Pridham: The SNP may be Starmer’s real stumbling block at the next election

Labour have more potential allies in the smaller parties, but the prospect of a coalition with the Nationalists could sink him in England.

Henry Hill: Scottish schools face a full year of disruption, and the DUP clash with teaching unions

The battle to re-open state schools rages across the UK. Also: Mohammed Asghar, Conservative member of the Welsh Assembly, passed away this week.

Henry Hill: New polling shows Welsh devoscepticism is no longer a fringe interest

The proposition is backed by more than a third of those prepared to say how they’d vote – including an overwhelming majority of Tories.

Gavin Barwell: We underestimate Starmer at our peril

Theresa May’s former Chief of Staff takes issue with the Deputy Editor of this site – and argues that the Labour leader may yet make it to Number Ten.

Richard Holden: Why we need Parliament back to deliver immigration control, trade deals, levelling up – and much more.

More delay would playing into the hands of the SNP and other opposition parties who claim that ‘Westminster isn’t delivering.’

Colin Clark: If the Scottish Tories stay in the middle of the road, they’ll get run over

In 2016, 38 per cent of voters in Scotland backed Brexit. So why is the Party currently stuck at 23 per cent in the polls for next year’s Holyrood election?

Race and justice – not just a black and white issue

As a rule, the Conservatives are unclear about the politics of equality and identity. But there’s at least one Minister who isn’t.

Henry Hill: Do Johnson’s two Scottish Office appointments show he’s taking the SNP more seriously?

For all that Downing Street sources dismissed Douglas Ross as ‘Mr Nobody’, the Prime Minister has decided to replace him with two people.

Henry Hill: Why the Scottish Conservatives are leading the charge against Cummings

By deflecting attention from their own record, the row is a huge gift for the SNP – and the stakes are much higher than the 2021 elections.

Stephen Booth: Contrary to expectations, the UK may have the upper hand as Brexit negotiations intensify

With its objective being British sovereignty, Johnson’s government can justify economic disruption better than the EU.

Henry Hill: Sunak squares up to the SNP over the future of furlough

Also: Welsh Government abandons separate testing app to join UK-run scheme; Gove tries to downplay the Irish Sea border.