Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s governing and opposition parties held separate rallies in the capital on Friday over who should oversee the next general election, expected to be held early next year. Despite […] More
A newly-elected Tory MP refused to give Rishi Sunak credit for winning the by election in Uxbridge and South Ruislip.Steve Tuckwell claimed a narrow victory in Boris Johnson’s old seat by 495 votes.When asked why he’d not given the prime minister credit and instead said Sadiq Khan lost Labour the by election in his victory speech, Mr Tuckwell told Sky News: “Rishi Sunak’s my prime minister, I’m right behind him as a newly-elected MP.”We won [the election] on the fact that it was a referendum on Ulez.” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A British court ruled Friday against London suburbs that tried to block a pollution tax on older cars as green policies become a hot political issue in the U.K. amid increasingly dramatic impacts […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Under fire NatWest chairman Sir Howard Davies blamed “political pressure” from Downing Street for the ousting of chief executive Dame Alison Rose but insisted he will cling on to his job despite facing […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The issue of pupils socially transitioning gender at school has become “highly politicised” and about “disputes between government ministers” instead of young people’s wellbeing, the woman on course to be the next education […] More
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 been accused of “flailing” between “gimmicks” as Suella Braverman considers yet another scheme to house asylum seekers. The Home Office has reportedly purchased tents suitable for 2,000 people as part […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany on Friday urged members of the country’s main opposition conservative bloc to break down a “firewall” meant to isolate his party, which is at record […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will be questioned over the long delays to paying compensation to the victims of the contaminated blood scandal as he appears before the official inquiry. Campaigners hope the former health […] More
