Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email London mayor Sadiq Khan has refused to say whether the unpopularity of his Ulez charges could cost Labour the next general election. Mr Khan was defiant about today’s expansion of the ultra-low emission […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior Tory Nadine Dorries has finally left her Mid Bedfordshire seat – 12 weeks on from promising to quit over her failure to land a peerage. Under intense pressure to leave, the former […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Michael Gove is to announce a major rewriting of rules on waterway pollution and housing developments, according to reports. The Guardian and The Sun reported that the Housing Secretary will on Tuesday rip […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sadiq Khan is going ahead with the expansion of London’s Ulez (ultra low emission zone) on Tuesday, following the failure of a legal challenge against it last month. But what is the policy, […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Top economists have piled pressure on Keir Starmer to break with Tory spending plans amid anxiety over Labour’s policy direction if it wins the next election. In a letter seen by The Independent, […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior members of the US Congress have warned that the Northern Ireland peace agreement is at risk through the British government’s Legacy Bill – which victims of violence during The Troubles believe will […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Suella Braverman has been slammed over plans to fit migrants with ankle tags, with Labour branding the idea “just another gimmick”. Home Office officials are reportedly considering it as a way to prevent […] More
Richard Madeley challenged Suella Braverman over her insistence that police must investigate every theft and follow all “reasonable” leads to solve crime.”On behalf of the viewers watching this programme who may have been burgled last night, please stop generalising and telling us how great it all is in other areas… tell us what has gone wrong,” the host said.According to figures from the year to March, 4.4 per cent of thefts resulted in someone being charged.Madeley’s challenge came as the Home Office published a letter to police leaders, asking officers to consider all evidence including CCTV and doorbell footage. More
