Teachers have legitimate grievances – including the administrative burdens imposed on them. Some union leaders have a political motive in exploiting these.
If we impose yet more draconian prison sentences to win a political arms race, the burdens on the taxpayer will become unsustainable.
Plus: A sofa, two dogs, no cup of tea – and my Brexit evening. And: the pre-eminence of Policy Exchange.
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.
But there remains important unfinished business for the Conservatives to carry out – if we get the opportunity.
We’ll continue to update this as the Prime Minister fills out the lower ranks of his government.
We can now see the new Government taking shape, after a dramatic bout of sackings and new appointments at the top.
The new Solicitor General and FCO/DfID minister are both sensible choices, which might say more about the Prime Minister’s position than her judgement.
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.
We know that we can do more to ensure that when we expand our housing supply, we do so in the right places, with the right infrastructure, with the support of local people and local representatives.