Isabel Hardman

After a night of firing, we should start to see a round of hiring in David Cameron's government from around 8.30 this morning. Only one post has been filled - Philip Hammond moving to the Foreign Office - and yet some observers are already trying to pin down the new centre of gravity in the Tory party. Labour seems to have given its MPs a line to take that the is a lurch to the right and the end of moderate Tory governing. Without wishing to begrudge the Opposition a decent, disciplined line on a day when it's very difficult to attract attention away from the other party doing the shuffling, it is far too early to make this sort of judgement, and there is insufficient evidence to do so.

David Cameron could introduce 'voluntary' all-women shortlists if the Conservatives continue to struggle to recruit female MPs, senior Tory sources have said. The Prime Minister has also set party chairman Grant Shapps 'on the case' to remedy the current situation, whereby women are less likely to be selected for safe seats. But he is also interested in local associations using all-women shortlists on a voluntary basis after the next election if his party fails to make sufficient advances. Cameron does not want to impose shortlists on constituency parties, although of course 'voluntary' can cover a multitude of sins: many people 'voluntarily' work longer hours than those stipulated on their contract, but have little choice about the matter.

So all three party leaders agree that it's worth rushing through emergency surveillance legislation. While David Cameron and Nick Clegg were holding their rare joint press conference, Ed Miliband released a joint letter with Yvette Cooper in which he said 'we have been guided by our firm conviction that it is essential to maintain the security of our citizens and also ensure people's privacy is protected'. The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister both needed to make the case for the emergency legislation today but Nick Clegg also needed to make the case for his support for it, given he had rejected the full Communications Data Bill.

The government has failed to produce an adequate strategy to tackle non-violent extremism because the minister in charge of it is said to disagree with the Prime Minister's approach, sources have told Coffee House. Baroness Warsi is alleged by multiple sources in and out of government to have consistently resisted calls to develop a proper strategy on integration and tackling extremism at its roots, even though this is the Prime Minister's policy and part of her job at the Communities and Local Government department. One source says: 'Sayeeda made clear when she got the job at CLG that she didn't agree with the Prime Minister and that she simply wasn't going to do this bit of her job.

Theresa May has just given as comprehensive a response as possible to the allegations of child abuse in the Commons. Insisting the government will leave no stone unturned in pursuit of the allegations, the Home Secretary told MPs that there will an independent inquiry panel, along the lines of the Hillsborough inquiry, which will examine not just how the Home Office dealt with allegations, but also how the police and prosecutors dealt with information handed to them. As a non-statutory inquiry, it will be able to begin its work sooner and will be at a lower risk of prejudicing criminal investigations because it will begin with a review of documentary evidence. May also said that the government will convert this to a full public inquiry if necessary.

Tristram Hunt is getting a fair bit of stick from the Conservatives for refusing to condemn the strike action planned by the National Union of Teachers on this morning's Andrew Marr Show. The Shadow Education Secretary merely said 'it's not up to me to tell trade unionists what to do - what I want is teachers in classrooms in a conversation with the Secretary of State so we get over these kind of hurdles'. He said the current stand-off was 'as a result, partly, of some of the incendiary language from the Secretary of State'. Certainly when you read some of the NUT's literature around its industrial action, it's difficult not to conclude that this isn't as much about a dislike of Michael Gove as it is a particular policy.

David Cameron may have got away with his failure to block Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission, but that doesn't mean that his MPs aren't agitated about the way things are going in Europe. One aspect of last week's European Council meeting that most people missed was a document setting out what appears to be a significantly reduced role for national parliaments in the EU. The Strategic Agenda was published as an annex to the European Council conclusions last week. It says: 'The credibility of the Union depends on its ability to ensure adequate follow-up on decisions and commitments. This requires strong and credible institutions, but will also benefit from closer involvement of national parliaments.