The Week
A round-up of this week's news and events

Arms and the man
With the back benches restive and even Mikhail Gorbachev wading into the argument,Tony Blair will not replace Trident without a fight, says Sarah Southerton
Sarah Southerton

Commons Gallery
Daniel Forman reports on the week's key developments in the Commons
Daniel Forman

Spring is in my step
Energised by the waters of Harrogate, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman brainstorms on public sector reform and enjoys the role of parliamentary tour guide
Jeremy Browne

Lords Gallery
Andrew Evans reports on the week's developments in the Lords
Andrew Evans

Lords light vs Commons heat
Lord Norton is struck by the quiet efficiency of peers in a week when the Other Place votes for their abolition, and gets a more pleasant surprise from academic colleagues
Lord Norton of Louth

Peers in purgatory
Peter Riddell assesses the future of the House of Lords, now MPs have backed an elected second chamber
Peter Riddell

Revisiting the vision thing
John Denham talks to Matthew Taylor, formerly chief adviser on political strategy to Tony Blair, about refashioning social democracy in the information age

Champagne and ideas on ice
Stephen Pollard considers the great reforms the prime minister could have enacted after 1997 and 2001 – but didn't.
Stephen Pollard

Polishing the crown jewels
Ed Balls regards the Treasury’s alliance with the City as key to its success
Ed Balls

Gordon's slippery slope
A fudging exercise followed the chancellor’s promising start, says Theresa Villiers
Theresa Villiers

Number-crunching in the dark
The Monetary Policy Committee needs a reliable index of inflation, says Vince Cable
Vince Cable

Treasury wind turbine
Elliot Morley hails the chancellor’s green taxes and calls for more in the Budget
Elliot Morley

Swimming with sharks
The concept of minimising government borrowing is flawed: PFI simply fills the coffers of big business, says Kelvin Hopkins
Kelvin Hopkins

Faltering in the final furlong
Ruth Lea says the chancellor is in danger of squandering his early economic gains with runaway public spending and an over-complicated tax regime
Ruth Lea

Ruling by the red box
James Blitz speculates that Gordon Brown’s all-powerful Treasury will surrender few of its powers, whoever becomes chancellor
James Blitz

Enlightenment for a black art
When so few MPs are economists, there is an urgent need for a US-style budget office to assist the scrutiny of the chancellor’s tax plans, says Alex Brazier
Alex Brazier

Hoist with his own petard?
Behind a panoply of fiscal mazes John Blundell sees a chancellor with old-fashioned socialist instincts – which may not serve him well as prime minister
John Blundell

The caring, sharing capitalists
Sarah McCarthy-Fry hails a new breed of co-owned and managed company that wins motivated employees and satisfied customers
Sarah McCarthy-Fry

Issues for a new generation
The annual House Magazine Press Gallery competition is now in its fifth year. Here, Years 12-13 winner Andrew Mason examines the facts, consequences and threats posed by the emergence of the new superpowers of China and India
Andrew Mason

I'm backing British tourism
MPs' photographs, trade fairs and roadshows will herald the launch of British tourism week, writes Tessa Jowell
Tessa Jowell

Cobbett's Corner
Chris Moncrieff takes a wry look at British politics
Chris Moncrieff

Electionwatch
A round-up of recent and forthcoming polls

Backtracks...
...this week in history