James Frayne: Ten errors that Conservatives must avoid making about the new working class voters who backed them last month

Listening to conversations in Westminster in recent days, I fear a number of misconceptions will drive bad decision-making.

“Get out of London.” Now watch Johnson and Cummings turn the country upside down. Or try to.

Don’t expect Downing Street to bother too much about what MPs or the media think as it prepares to shake up government and Whitehall.

Jonathan Glanz: Allowing tents on the public highway is the wrong way to help rough sleepers

The individual beggars are often the victims of modern slavery. They account for their monies to their gang masters.

MPs praising the Speaker’s record ought to read the Cox Report on the bullying of Commons staff

A High Court judge recommended that Bercow leave his post in order to allow institutional reform to begin.

WATCH: Trump arrives at Downing Street for talks with May

The meeting, which will cover Huawei among other topics, is expected to be somewhat tense.

Jonathan Glanz: Short-term office rentals threaten community cohesion

People no longer buy coffee and a snack on their way into work, do not go out at lunchtime, and often stay in the premises late into the evening.

Nick Hargrave: A memo to the next Tory leader. How you govern will be no less important than why.

The cohort of future Conservative leadership candidates would do well to start thinking about the structure of the Number 10 they want to build.

Murad Gassanly: Why I left the Labour Party

The Conservatives are the natural political home for those who value national identity and are open to the world.

Andrew Gimson’s Westminster sketch: A carnival in which even the Prime Minister’s inhibitions start to break down

Rumour and counter-rumour fly round the Palace, and those with walk-on parts have a wonderful time.

Nickie Aiken: The Conservatives can start winning in London again

While Londoners want action, the Labour Mayor offers excuses. Shaun Bailey will offer a credible challenge.

Chloe Westley: The pernicious, corrosive poison of gossip in politics – and how it blights women especially

We’re judged not only on what we do and say, but often also on our relationships (or lack thereof!), our hair, our weight, the clothes we wear, and so on.

Terror and Westminster. There is no way of designing out risk.

It cannot be eliminated altogether – at least without placing a steel curtain between Parliament and the people.

Brandon Lewis: Thank you, Conservative members. Because of you, we did well in these elections. But this is just the start.

I want to commend every single one of you that stood for council or campaigned in any way in this poll.

Local elections: We said there wouldn’t be a Tory meltdown – and there wasn’t

The results were a triumph of localism which confounded the pundits. But achieving wider home ownership is still a particular challenge in London.

Low expectations could make the local election results seem like a Conservative triumph

UKIP’s decline will probably allow the three main parties to each claim an increased vote share. Afterwards, the Tories will still be the largest party in local government.