Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak faces another by-election headache after an ex-Tory MP was suspended for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct against a staff member. MPs have approved the sanction against the MP for […] More
Rishi Sunak has backed “pauses” in the Israel-Hamas conflict to allow crucial aid into Gaza amid warnings fuel could run out within hours – but he rejected calls for a ceasefire. Short breaks in hostilities could allow hostages and British nationals out of the besieged enclave, the prime minister said on Wednesday.But a wholesale ceasefire would only benefit Hamas, two weeks after it killed 1,400 people in Israel and seized more than 200 hostages, No 10 said. 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 called for “pauses” in the Israel-Hamas conflict to allow aid into Gaza – and hostages and British nationals out – but he stopped short of calling for a ceasefire. No […] 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 was warned he risks “plunging Labour into crisis” ahead of a crunch meeting with MPs to discuss the party’s position on Israel and Gaza amid a growing rift in the […] More
Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak welcomed the new Labour MP for Tamworth to the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 October, after the Tory candidate for the seat told food bank users to ‘f*** off’.Andrew Cooper reportedly shared a Facebook post saying that people should only seek help if they give up basics like TV and mobile phone contracts.“Is the prime minister as relieved as I am that [Tamworth] constituents are not burdened with his defeated candidate who told them… to f-off if they’re struggling with the cost of living?” the Labour leader said. More
Sir Keir Starmer urged Rishi Sunak to call a general election as he criticised a Conservative by-election candidate who shared a Facebook post suggesting some parents using food banks to feed their children should “f*** off”.“Will he just call the general election and give the public a chance to respond?” the Labour leader asked during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 25 October.“They’ve heard the government telling them to ‘f-off’ and they want the chance to return the compliment,” Sir Keir added, referencing Andrew Cooper’s social media post from 2020.Mr Cooper, the Tory candidate in Tamworth, lost out to Labour’s Sarah Edwards in last week’s by-election. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Online Safety Bill could receive royal assent and become law as soon as Thursday, the chief executive of Ofcom has said. The new internet safety laws for the UK, which will be […] More
Rishi Sunak was scolded by the House of Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, for asking questions of Sir Keir Starmer during PMQs on Wednesday 25 October.After Mr Sunak asked Sir Keir to explain why he “stood in the way” of Tory plans to “unlock 100,000 new homes”, the speaker halted proceedings.“Just to say, it’s Prime Minister’s Questions, not opposition questions,” Mr Hoyle said.After Mr Sunak appeared to sarcastically nod after the reminder, the speaker then added: “I’m sorry, prime minister. It is Prime Minister’s Questions, I don’t need you nodding against my decision.” More
