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    Tory minister spotted out campaigning with suspended MP Peter Bone

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Conservative minister has been photographed campaigning with former Tory MP Peter Bone –suspended from the Commons after a probe found he had engaged in bullying and sexual misconduct. Tom Pursglove – a […] More

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    Policing minister urges forces to double use of facial recognition software

    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 Police are being encouraged to double their use of retrospective facial recognition software to track down offenders over the next six months. Policing minister […] More

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    SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan defects to Salmond’s Alba Party

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The SNP politician who came third in the party’s recent leadership contest has defected to Alex Salmond’s rival nationalists Alba. Ash Regan said she had become fed up with the SNP’s strategy to […] More

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    Brexit blamed for £850m fall in UK beauty exports

    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 Britain’s beauty industry has suffered a £850m slump in exports to the EU since Brexit, according to top economists. Experts said the sector had […] More

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    Boris Johnson reveals he is joining GB News

    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 revealed he is getting his own programme on GB News – the latest Tory politician to join the right-wing TV channel as a presenter. In a video posted on X, […] More

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    ChatGPT maker among AI firms to publish safety policies in transparency push

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Leading AI companies, including ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Google DeepMind have published their safety policies following a request from Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan. The group also includes AI firm Anthropic, along with tech […] More

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    Councils pursuing four-day week told to stop ‘immediately’ by Sunak government

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Councils taking steps to bring in a four-day week for their staff have been told by Rishi Sunak’s government to should “cease immediately”. Levelling up secretary Michael Gove’s department has put local authority bosses “on notice” […] More