The Thick of It

Peter Mannion, the secretary of State for social affairs, is told to launch his Coalition partner Fergus' new Networked Nation policy at a school.

With Glenn gone, Nicola Murray is busy breaking in her new policy advisor, Helen Hatley; when Helen is accidentally photographed holding notes from an ideas meeting, Nicola is understandably angry.

Stewart Pearson holds a "Thought Camp" at a remote country house hotel, as the perfect way to re-engage the party with the creative cloudscape.

With Nicola safely on a train to attend the party's Here 2 Hear event in Bradford, Malcolm is free to launch his latest plot against the leader of the opposition.

After the unraveling of the key worker housing sell-off policy, both government and opposition scramble for the moral high ground.

Ministers and aides are summoned to give evidence at Lord Goolding's inquiry into the events involving Tickel's death.