Alex Morton: Hammond must use his Budget to fix our broken housing system

The Government needs to announce a hit list of five to ten councils where they will intervene where the gap between delivery and target is greatest.

Nadhim Zahawi: Javid is right. Hammond should borrow more to invest in infrastructure.

One radical option would be a new DCLG housing fund that local authorities would be able to bid for, if they can show there is support for more homes in their area.

Iain Dale: Wotcha, Peston. WTF are you on?

My TV omnipresence. After The News. Two wheezes from the Chancellor. Will he be fired in a reshuffle? Oh, and p.s: it could take place on Monday.

Pro-Remain Cabinet Minister “wants Gove as Chancellor”

Though if May moves Philip Hammond, or seeks to, she is also likely to move Boris Johnson, or try to.

John Stevenson: Why stamp duty should be reversed

This proposal already has considerable support from institutions, including the Yorkshire Building Society, who have published research into the benefits this change would bring.

Public sector payback time

Its awards consume roughly a quarter of public spending. It is hard to see where the tax hikes or spending scaleback to fund them will come from if the Chancellor sticks to his guns.

How Hammond could raise his ratings

The Chancellor has not always been well treated by his neighbour, and deserves support over public spending. But he has mishandled his internal position over Brexit.

Dealing with diesel

Government encouraged drivers to switch to it. Now some want to penalise them for doing so.

Iain Dale: The election expenses allegations – and the mysterious absence of Feldman

Well, it’s been quite a week, hasn’t it?

James Frayne: May should make more of her family-friendly policies

And there are other policies she could pursue. More nurseries in primary schools. Tougher school discipline. Longer sentences for child abuse.

Full text of the Chancellor’s letter about the u-turn on NIC contributions

“In light of what has emerged as a clear view among colleagues and a significant section of the public, I have decided not to proceed…”

May and Hammond must kill off the NIC problem now

Fudge, delay or in-fighting won’t make it go away. It must be dealt with swiftly.

May needs Hammond – so she must not abandon him as he retreats on NICs

Near the heart of a decision that both approved was a distrust of the style of politics pursued by the Chancellor’s predecessor.

Jeremy Hunt: This week’s Budget delivered for the NHS, social care – and the vulnerable people who depend on both

I am determined to see our health service offer the safest, highest quality care anywhere in the world.

Iain Dale: Fox was right. Most European countries need to bury their twentieth century history.

Plus: Hammond’s blunder. Peers’ folly. Stephen Hawking is not, repeat not, controlled by MI5. And: my inner Mary Whitehouse meets Katie Hopkins’ slack vagina.