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    Just two migrants deported to EU under post-Brexit deal

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Only two migrants who arrived in the UK by crossing the English Channel have been deported to Europe under the post-Brexit agreement, figures from the Home Office reveal. The post-Brexit returns policy, introduced […] More

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    Everything you need to know about Ulez as controversial scheme set to expand

    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

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    Farmers ‘left in the lurch’ as post-Brexit payments delayed

    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 Farmers in England say they have been “left in the lurch” by the government over a post-Brexit sustainable farming scheme which has left them […] More

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    Energy minister dodges question on standing charges rising as bills set to fall

    Andrew Bowie avoided a question on whether or not he thought it was right that standing charges for gas and electricity have gone up.The energy minister spoke to BBC Breakfast on Friday (25 August) after the announcement that average household energy bills will fall after wholesale prices dropped slightly.However, consumers still face the prospect of paying more this winter because government help which was in place last year has gone.“What we need to focus on today is the fact that people’s average energy bills are coming down. The standing charge as it is is a matter for Ofgem,” Mr Bowie said. More