Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The government has made it cheaper for firms to pollute in Britain than the EU in what some see as the latest anti-green move by the Conservative party. Ministers quietly rolled out changes […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Local authorities have been invited to apply for a share of a £40 million Government fund to help them roll out 5G wireless technology. The funding is designed to help towns, cities and […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is facing claims that he left his ministerial briefcase unattended on a train. The Sun newspaper reported that witnesses had seen the Home Office minister leave his red box […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Just one in 20 crimes were solved by police last year, according to figures branded “abysmal” by Labour. Home Office data for England and Wales released this month showed the proportion of crimes […] 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 criticised for living a “helicopter lifestyle” despite claiming to be “on the side” of motorists. The prime minister has come under fire for taking a 200-mile helicopter trip to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Dame Priti Patel has called on ministers to pause Britain’s net zero targets, warning voters were being “left behind” in the pursuit of green policies. The former home secretary added to pressure on […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email New rules are set to come into force aimed at preventing serious criminals gaining British citizenship. Changes to the “good character” requirement of citizenship applications from Monday will see tougher rules applied to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email James Cleverly has been accused by colleagues of treating his job as foreign secretary like “a continuous photoshoot”. Senior civil servants and Tory backbenchers have said Mr Cleverly is not working to represent […] More
