The Tory Left: not always Out, not necessarily Loud, but definitely Proud – and a growing force

A list of new Tory Reform Group patron MPs suggests that it is stronger in the Commons than it may look.

WATCH: Atkins – “We want to stop the assumption that it’s normal to carry a knife”

The Home Office minister explains some of the factors behind the rise in violent crime and challenges the idea that cuts to police numbers are to blame.

The shuffle. May’s women gap.

It is hard to appoint more women to Cabinet when there are few senior women to promote. We count only four at Minister of State level.

And now for 15 items of good news

May’s damaged authority is having a beneficial side-effect – namely, freeing Tory MPs to think aloud about the Party’s future.

The Commons has acted as the legislature of a sovereign country

Although Brexit has not yet taken place, it has already had an admirably invigorating effect on Parliament.

Flashback: “Wazzock…buffoon…bigot” – when Tory MPs debated banning Trump from the UK

Others applauded him for “straight-talking” and argued the proposal was about silencing concerns about immigration.

The full PPS list. One third Leavers. One third women. And ninety per cent May supporters.

There’s one undeniable trend among those promoted: they backed the winning candidate.

Mostly Remainers. Almost all May supporters. Majority female. The 21 new intake MPs promoted to PPS.

What does their selection reveal about the Government’s priorities? And why are some other rising stars missing?

From Reggie to Dessie: It’s Mike Penning as Father Christmas – and carols led by Dr Coffey on a karaoke machine

Plus: Boris’s party is raided by the Vice and Drugs Squads. The Home Secretary says it was “a police operational decision”

The complete Cameron’s Children: an analysis of all 74 new Conservative MPs

On the surface, this intake looks different from those that have preceded it – and is in some respects. But beneath it, this is in many ways a very traditional Tory group.

Results of the first tranche of Select Committee elections

Some backbenchers are unhappy that people who already have a job as a PPS have been allowed to stand.