Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Teachers and parents were braced for years of chaos on Friday as schools grapple to replace potentially dangerous crumbling concrete in buildings. As school leaders prepared for a weekend dash to inspect more […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Britain’s new defence secretary once claimed his YouTube account was hacked into because the password was “1234” or something equally easy to guess. Uneasy Tory MPs have taken to WhatsApp to re-share the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer is prepared to demonstrate his ruthless side with a purge of “problematic” Labour MPs before the next election. The Labour leader is reportedly considering getting rid of up to a […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour has accused Michael Gove of starting the “neglect” of schools that led to collapsing concrete crisis. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson slammed Mr Gove’s decision to scrap the last Labour government’s school […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Disadvantaged teenagers are at a greater risk of falling victim to email scams than their peers, research suggests. Around one in seven (14%) 15-year-olds are at risk of responding to a phishing email […] More
Rishi Sunak replacing Ben Wallace with Grant Shapps as defence secretary is “just reshuffling the deckchairs,” Emily Thornberry has said.The Shadow Attorney General told Sky News: “The ship is going down and they don’t have any new ideas.”Mr Shapps has been appointed to his fifth Cabinet role in the last year by becoming defence secretary on Thursday (31 August).His change in role was prompted by Mr Wallace’s formal resignation.Claire Coutinho has replaced Mr Shapps as energy secretary. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Government is considering expanding its use of facial recognition technology in police forces and security agencies. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) – the part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) tasked […] More
Grant Shapps has been appointed to his fifth Cabinet role in the last year by becoming defence secretary in Rishi Sunak’s mini-reshuffle.His change in role was prompted by Ben Wallace’s formal resignation.Mr Shapps has a chequered history with the Tories; he was made shadow housing minister in 2007, with various ministerial roles in the years that followed.He was instrumental in a rebellion against Theresa May and was first appointed In Mr Sunak’s cabinet as business secretary, before taking on roles in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and now as defence secretary. More
