The Weekend Interview John Curtice on how the Tories are “stuffed” Britain’s TV polling icon on spats with Labour, the UK reversing Brexit, and why the Union is “in trouble”. By Anoosh Chakelian
Scotland Will the SNP be swept away by Scottish Labour? There is an increasing belief across Scottish politics that a nationalist collapse may come surprisingly quickly. By Chris Deerin
UK Politics Rishi Sunak’s “epoch-defining” defence strategy needs to be more than a label Freddie Hayward
Commons Confidential Greying MPs and ministers hit the pension jackpot following Jeremy Hunt’s Budget Kevin Maguire
Rachel Cunliffe Boris Johnson made cheese and wine a police matter. There’s no point him complaining now
Greece is becoming an illiberal democracy The government’s sinister framing of an attack on me is part of a climate of creeping authoritarianism. By Yanis Varoufakis
Fifty years after Picasso’s death, we still struggle with the figure of the monstrous genius The Musée Picasso Paris’s collaboration with Paul Smith attempts to reframe the great artist. Plus: another backlash for the BBC. а> By Andrew Marr
World Review Best friends forever? What we learned from Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Moscow
Regional Development The Policy Ask with Charlotte Alldritt: “There can be no going back on childcare reform” Spotlight
Energy and Climate Change Why market reform, not freezing bills, is the answer to energy security Chris Hayes
Energy and Climate Change “It’s not only bees that will suffer”: why lifting the neonicotinoid ban is bad for business India Bourke
The Weekend Report The parent trap: how Britain became a very, very expensive place to raise a child Money alone won’t fix the childcare crisis. Rethinking work and motherhood might. By Sophie McBain