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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The daughter of a Covid victim who died alone in hospital said bereaved families in Northern Ireland were left “disgusted” by revelations of Downing Street parties during lockdown. Catriona Myles told the UK […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The UK has joined a new global coalition of nations which will explore new telecoms technologies and work together to improve security in the sector. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A tetchy Rishi Sunak has defended his decision to ban smoking but not impose restrictions on junk food, saying cigarettes are “different to a pack of crisps or a piece of cake”. The […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Jeremy Hunt hit back at criticism from Rachel Reeves over his past support for HS2 being built in full. The chancellor said in 2020 that going ahead with the high speed rail line […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Voters are going to the polls in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. The seat was vacated after former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier was ousted in a recall petition. Ms Ferrier was kicked […] 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 appeared to shift closer to the right wing of his party with an attack on “virtue signalling”. In a speech that largely avoided “culture war” subjects, the Prime Minister used […] 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 announced his plan to scrap A-levels and replace it with a new qualification called the Advanced British Standard (ABS) aimed at creating the “best education system in the western world”. […] More