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    Tory row brews as Hunt considers squeezing benefits to fund tax cuts

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Benefits claimants could be given a real terms pay cut as Jeremy Hunt tries to find money for pre-election tax cuts. Ministers normally increase payments in line with the previous September’s inflation figures […] More

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    Raac concrete found at Heathrow and Gatwick airports

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Collapse-prone concrete is present in buildings at Britain’s two busiest airports, aviation authorities have confirmed. Heathrow and Gatwick on Friday afternoon both revealed that that they have been carrying out structural inspections on […] More

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    Animal cruelty content targeted in Online Safety Bill amendment

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Social media platforms will be required to proactively remove animal torture content on their sites under an amendment to the Online Safety Bill tabled by the Government. The update to the proposed online […] More

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    Brexit boost for UK as Germany backs delay on EU car tariffs

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Germany’s carmakers have thrown their weight behind a UK push for the EU to delay tariffs agreed as part of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. […] More

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    NHS hospitals serving 2 million patients at risk from unsafe concrete

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email NHS hospitals serving 2 million patients are at risk from unsafe concrete, the government has been warned. Seven hospitals staffed by 42,000 NHS staff are among those so far identified as suffering from […] More