The prime minister is out of the country again for the first of two overseas trips this week – he’s off to Berlin ahead of the G20 in South Africa.
Back home, he leaves grumpiness and angst about next week’s budget – Sam tells Anne he’s hearing about the challenges of squeezing every last penny out of Whitehall departments.
Is this the first budget that’s unravelled before it’s delivered?
And with auditions becoming a theme of the Labour front bench, did the home secretary pass on her big day?
Plus, is there a quiet man elsewhere in cabinet who is turning up the volume?