1pm Andrew Lilico on CentreRight: "I should have freedom from torture which begins as a state of nature and is not eroded by the government permitting anyone to torture me. " 12.45pm Local Government: Low turnouts in local elections "perfectly rational." Less street lighting may ...

ToryDiary: Boris tells Panorama that he wants tax revenue from London's 500,000 irregular migrants Mark Field MP on Platform: Whitehall must look in its own backyard for savings Ben Caldecott in Local Government: Councils spend £500 million a year cleaning up litter, so what should be done to reduc...

Julian Lewis is MP for New Forest East and updates readers on developments since the News of the World published a story about his use of housing allowances this time last week. Last Sunday, ConservativeHome did me an enormous service by enabling me to rebut in detail a scurrilous and inaccurate att...

8.30pm WATCH: 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops to leave Iraq by September 8pm Graeme Archer on CentreRight gives his take on Julie Myerson 3.45pm Julian Lewis MP on Platform: An update on how the News of the World smeared me last week - and the role of Lib Dem MP Norman Baker in endorsing it...

That is the pretty damning viewpoint of Liam Halligan in an article about Tory economic strategy in this morning's Sunday Telegraph. He continues: "For months, HM Opposition has remained tight-lipped about what it would actually do to escape this crisis, content just to throw darts at Labour an...

William Norton is a solicitor.  He has been an adviser on tax affairs and legislation to the Conservative frontbench and was a member of the permanent staff of the James Review on Taxpayer Value between 2004 and 2005. William was also the referendum agent for the victorious No campaign in the N...

7.30pm WATCH: Howard Dean addresses the Lib Dem spring conference in Harrogate 6pm Jonathan Isaby on CentreRight: The country's leading trade unionist is re-elected with the support of less than 5% of his comrades 3.15pm International: "There is actually a limit to what governments can do."...

Dan Lewis is Research Director of the Economic Research Council and co-author of the The Essential Guide to EU Quangos 2009, recently published by the ERC and Global Vision. What I really admire about Gordon Ramsay is his formulaic approach to dealing with a failing restaurant. It goes - every time ...

10pm Andrew Lilico on CentreRight: Could the next election be the end for the Labour Party? 5.15pm ToryDiary: Conservatives pledge further help for small businesses 3.45pm Parliament:  Why shouldn't cabinet ministers come from the House of Lords? 3.30pm Andrew Lilico on CentreRight on the pract...

Last October at the Tory Conference in Birmingham George Osborne told the British people that the cupboard was bare.  Back in Birmingham later today he will issue more "uncomfortable truths": "“Britain is going to have to work hard and save hard to get out of this hole. The Con...