The Budget should be a big reset moment for post-Brexit, post-Covid Britain. It risks being lost amidst a rush to tax rises.

It will probe whether or or not Sunak can prepare the country for that future – and perhaps succeed Johnson himself, “one fine day”.

The Union policy Lewis wanted, why he left – and how his unit will replaced by a Cabinet committee

All of this has not gone down well with many backbench Conservative MPs, few of whom would be well-disposed towards a more conciliatory strategy.

Andy Maciver: Scotland. Don’t run away from a referendum. Instead, embrace it, offer a new Union – and win

The second article in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.

Jonathan Werran: The Union and the English question. The answer is to let a hundred localist flowers bloom

The first in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.

Downing Street’s reshuffle sees Symonds’ grip tighten

We hope that Finn, Newman and the rest of the new appointees provide a fresh sense of direction and purpose.

Sammy Wilson: The Northern Ireland Protocol should be replaced, not repaired

The proposal put forward by the Centre for Brexit Policy meets the EU demand for protection of its Single Market while also protecting the province.

Stephen Booth: Now our own Government says it may trigger Article 16 in Northern Ireland. Is the move a bluff? Or is it for real?

The EU’s missteps over the last week have provided an excellent opportunity to seek changes to the Protocol that might provide for a more durable settlement.

Our survey. If there is English separatism among Conservative activists, it’s well concealed.

Eighty-five per cent say that the Union is either very or fairly important to them. Our findings are almost exactly the same as six months ago.

The Good Union

The Union needs a cultural case to walk in step with the material one – Project Love, not Project Fear. Which means looking to the future.

Henry Hill: ‘Stronger together’ – Ministers put vaccine at the centre of its latest pro-Union push

Also: Gove should beware Brown’s constitutional anti-wisdom; Davies makes way for Davies; and MSPs compel evidence over Salmond row.

Andrew Bowie: That weekend poll and Scotland’s future. Until we start to call ourselves British, why should anyone else?

The only institutions I can think of that retain the term ‘British’ are the BBC and the British Army – and, in Scotland, its Twitter handle is @ArmyScotland.

Jonathan Caine: My experience of Biden and his team suggests that we shouldn’t fear his presidency – but need to engage

In ensuring that the Belfast Agreement is properly understood and appreciated in Washington, the British Embassy needs to be at the top of its game.

Brandon Lewis: I am not neutral on Northern Ireland. I am unapologetically pro-Union.

We will be using this Northern Ireland centenary to promote it and recognise its contribution to the rest of the UK

Henry Hill: Johnson suggests 40-year wait for the next Scottish independence vote

Also: civil servant at heart of Salmond fiasco set for retirement windfall; Foster threatened by loyalist terrorist; and Bogdanor attacks federalist folly.

Starmer’s trite anti-Westminster populism shows Labour still aren’t serious on the Union

In a self-repudiating speech, he sets out his plan to ‘make the case for the United Kingdom’ by making it as insignificant to our lives as he possibly can.