Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Fines for employers and landlords who allow unauthorised migrants to work for them or live in their properties are to be significantly increased under plans to deter Channel crossings. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Ministers are reportedly reconsidering proposals to send migrants to British overseas territories if their Rwanda plan fails. Ascension Island is among the territories being re-evaluated as a place to process asylum seekers – […] 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 has said Labour would not tear up the 100 new drilling licences Rishi Sunak plans to grant as he described Just Stop Oil’s demands as “contemptible”. The Labour leader said […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour and the Conservatives should drop “petty and arbitrary fiscal rules” holding back growth, a top economist advising the opposition has said. Jim O’Neill, a former Treasury minister, was appointed by shadow chancellor […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The far-right Alternative for Germany declared the European Union a “failed project” in its current form as it adopted its program for next June’s European Parliament election at its party convention in the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Absentee MP Nadine Dorries could be ousted from parliament under a plan backed by the chair of the Commons standards committee. Labour MP Chris Bryant says an 1801 rule preventing MPs from going […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Labour government would temporarily continue with the governemnt’s plan to house refugees on barges moored offshore, the party’s immigration minister has said. Speaking on Sunday Stephen Kinnock said his party would be […] More
Andrew Malkinson has said that his wrongful conviction compensation represents “two decades of living hell” after he spent 17 years in prison for a rape in Greater Manchester he did not commit.The 57-year-old’s case sparked outrage about living costs covering their time in prison being docked from compensation payments.The rule was scrapped with immediate effect on Sunday, 6 August, by Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC.Mr Malkinson said the payment under the miscarriage of justice compensation scheme, which is a maximum of £1m for more than 10 years’ imprisonment, represents “lost opportunities and lost love.” More
