Smith’s plan for Northern Ireland undercuts the Government on veterans and Brexit
Setting aside the Ulster-specific sections, the proposals for reviving Stormont pledges frictionless trade with the mainland and a commitment on legacy prosecutions.
HS2’s financial case gets weaker and weaker – but has its political justification held up any better?
The project has its vocal supporters, but there are many areas in the North of England which it will not help at all.
Reviving our high streets must mean working with the market
Business Rates and the planning system contribute to the problem of boarded-up shops in so many of our towns.
Does Downing Street want Today to have no tomorrow?
The sustained Ministerial boycott of the programme is evidence of the waning power of traditional media.
New developments at ConservativeHome, as we build on the success of another record-breaking year
Paul Goodman continues as Editor, controlling all editorial output, while Mark Wallace will lead the business as its first Chief Executive.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Good King Boris sets out to reunite his kingdom
The Prime Minister conducted himself like a benevolent monarch.
“Trillion dollar bills lying on the street”
If taxes are not to rise, let alone be cut, the Government will need to establish a spending discipline for which it is presently poorly prepared.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: In the name of Cabinet government, Wallace speaks for Johnson
The Defence Secretary accused the Leader of the Opposition of spouting anti-American, “anti-imperialist guff”.
Johnson aligns himself in the Soleimani crisis with those who deprecate barbarism
The Prime Minister has shown a moderation of which his critics did not believe him capable.
We need strategic clarity. What poses the greater danger to Britain – Iranian aggression abroad or Sunni extremism here?
Johnson, Macron and Merkel don’t agree on everything, but they share a common concern about ISIS now being allowed the space to revive.
Trump and Iran. What’s the plan?
It isn’t obvious that his foreign policy has been less effective than George W.Bush’s activism or Obama’s passivity. But what’s his aim here?
Reform of the Supreme Court will fail without reform in Parliament
New Labour’s project of divesting power from the Commons cannot be reversed unless MPs are prepared to take up those responsibilities again.
White hot heat of the technological Cummings?
This new government seems to want to concentrate its energies on giving Britain a cutting edge. Will it succeed where others have failed?
Bullish Tory members: more than nine in ten think the next election will produce another Conservative majority
Our survey is a snapshot, five years before the event, but this is the starting benchmark: can the Government possibly keep confidence levels this high?
Sunak is our readers’ ‘One to Watch’ for 2020. Our survey.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury wins decisively with over half the vote. Johnny Mercer was the runner up, with more than a quarter.