Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Former transport secretary Chris Grayling has become the latest MP to announce he is standing down at the next general election – a decision made after receiving a prostate cancer diagnosis. The ex-minister […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson has blasted Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban smoking for future generations, branding it “barmy” and unworkable. The ex prime minister said Mr Sunak’s proposal would “criminalise yet another variety of ordinary […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has dropped an announcement on a new business council from her Labour conference speech after an intervention by Jeremy Hunt and senior Tories. The Labour frontbencher was planning to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has been under fire this week following his first Conservative Party conference speech. Not one but two former Tory prime ministers attacked Mr Sunak’s plans to ditch the northern leg of […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak ducked awkward questions on whether he was “ashamed” of Suella Braverman’s rhetoric on immigration after she warned a “hurricane” on migrants was on the way. The PM suggested multiculturalism was working in […] More
Sir Keir Starmer labelled this week’s Conservative Party conference “a circus” as he hailed Labour’s by-election win in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.The Labour leader travelled to Scotland on Friday 6 October to celebrate with Michael Shanks, describing the win as a “seismic result” for his party.Sir Keir also took aim at Rishi Sunak and the Tories as he addressed a crowd.“Whilst we’ve been busy here, you’ll have seen the Tories have been in Manchester. What a circus,” he said.“Rishi Sunak pretending that he’s going to do things differently? The nodding dog who passed all those decisions that he now says are a complete failure.” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks in Rutherglen after a by-election victory. The party’s overwhelming win could put them on course for Downing Street if it is replicated across Scotland, polling […] More
Humza Yousaf has been forced to apologise after he clashed with the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party over the Scottish Government’s record on policing and crime.The SNP leader hit back at rival Douglas Ross after he was questioned on a fall in officer numbers and plans by Police Scotland to cut some of its stations.“His post-truth, his lies about the police service, it simply will not wash here in Scotland,” Mr Yousaf said.Alison Johnstone, Holyrood’s presiding officer, then stepped in and suggested it was “wholly inappropriate” for him to accuse Mr Ross of lying.She then asked Mr Yousaf three times for an apology, with the first minister initially saying he would instead describe Mr Ross’s comments as a “deliberate inaccuracy” and “post-truths”.The clash between Mr Yousaf and Mr Ross came days after Rishi Sunak joked that Nicola Sturgeon could face prison. More
