Markus Andrews

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed parliament’s newest MPs to a Labour Party crowd at Westminster Hall on Tuesday 23 October, after the party inflicted a double by-election defeat on Rishi Sunak last week.The prime minister saw two healthy Conservative majorities disappear in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire in results that Labour leader Sir Keir said “made history”.Sarah Edwards (Tamworth) and Alistair Strathern (Mid Bedfordshire) were cheered by their new colleagues during the celebratory gathering.Both contests were triggered by the high-profile departures of their previous MPs. More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nadine Dorries has revealed that Oliver Dowden told her to “kick the Online Safety Bill into the long grass” on her first day as culture secretary. The former culture secretary said the extraordinary […] More

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Would you feel safer in the UK if police had more powers to tackle terrorism? This week Downing Street has said it has no plans to do this, despite the Metropolitan Police chief […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Government officials are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help decide on everything from approving marriage licences to who should be given benefits, it has been revealed. Civil servants in at least eight Whitehall […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Downing Street has said it has no plans to give police more powers, despite calls from the Metropolitan Police chief for tougher terrorism legislation in the wake of a pro-Palestine rally where “jihad” […] More

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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 Watch live as Rishi Sunak addresses parliament on Monday, 23 October, after returning from his visit to Israel. The prime minister’s speech comes after he, Joe Biden, and other world leaders stepped up […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Cabinet minister Michael Gove is delaying the promised ban on “no fault” evictions until after a reform of the courts is achieved – provoking claims he is kicking the move into the “long […] More