Hammond, minimalist. First, he scraps the Autumn Statement. Now he trails the Budget. Perhaps he plans to abolish that, too.
The Sunday papers have the broad sweep of it – more cash for social care and a technical education overhaul.
The DUP must treat this self-inflicted defeat as a spur for serious reform
They’ve fumbled a strong unionist position into a serious setback. Let it at least provoke a long-overdue shake-up in capital-U Unionist thinking.
Why May will give battle to Sturgeon… after Brexit
Having a second referendum in the middle of the Brexit negotiations would be very difficult, and it will take time to build the next, very different ‘No’ campaign.
Brown let talk of a general election run out of control. Is Sturgeon doing the same with a second independence referendum?
Whatever Scotland’s first Minister decides to do, events seem to be creating their own momentum.
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The Lords are entitled to amend the Brexit Bill – or to try to. But not to dig in to delay it.
What took place yesterday looks less like peers hunkering down for a fight than preparing, after a show of defiance, to run up the white flag.
Arise, Sir Nigel of ConservativeHome
Resolving the row between Carswell and Farage is beyond our powers, but we must do what we can to help.
Scotland, independence – and our survey finding. Are Conservative Party members Just About Unionist?
Our findings certainly reveal a soft underbelly of English nationalist sentiment.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Corbyn looks more than ever like Steptoe
May faces such derisory opposition that her game is bound in time to lose its edge.
The Telegraph becomes the Faragegraph
The paper offers him publicity, and he is a perfect fit for its developing worldview.
Conservative MPs are not up for the challenge of reducing public spending growth
Hammond was right to postpone the date by which he aims to achieve a balanced budget. But whether or not Tory MPs really have the appetite for one is doubtful.
Putting ‘independent’ experts in control of immigration policy would be a mistake
It’s always tempting for politicians to outsource important decisions. But it doesn’t work.
In defence of Edward Heath
It isn’t necessary to be one of his supporters to believe that it is time for Wiltshire Police to put up or shut up.
David Waddington RIP
The loyal Home Secretary with a sharp wit who did great service to the Conservative Party and the nation.
Ding, dong. Ding, dong. By-election bells toll for Corbyn in Copeland and Stoke.
Trudy Harrison’s win marks the first by-election gain by a governing party since the Conservatives gained Mitcham and Morden in 1982.