Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Alok Sharma, the former Cop26 president, recently announced he would stand down at the next general election, saying it had been the “honour” of his life to have served as an MP. Mr […] 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 blamed the pandemic for Britain’s failing railways as he refused 12 times to rule out scrapping HS2’s northern leg in a series of excrutiating interviews. The prime minister said Covid-19 […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Private schools would retain some of their tax breaks under a Labour government, after party chiefs backed down on their pledge to strip such schools of charitable status. The party has planned – […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Elton John has accused Suella Braverman of comments which risk“legitimising hate and violence” as he and Sir Ian McKellen led a fierce backlash against her controversial remarks about gay asylum seekers. Senior […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The boss of the firm building HS2’s new London station has delivered an outspoken attack on Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt amid concern plan could be abandoned. Mark Reynolds, chief executive of the […] 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’s Conservatives do not “deserve” to win next year’s general election, a leading Tory donor and peer has warned. Philip Harris, founder of Carpetright, said the party’s behaviour over the past three […] More
Suella Braverman used a speech in the US to say that “simply being gay, or a woman” should not by itself be enough to gain protection under international refugee laws.The home secretary told the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC: “Let me be clear, there are vast swathes of the world where it is extremely difficult to be gay, or to be a woman. Where individuals are being persecuted, it is right that we offer sanctuary.”She added: “But we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if in effect simply being gay, or a woman, and fearful of discrimination in your country of origin is sufficient to qualify for protection.” More
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 Suella Braverman delivers remarks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC on Tuesday 26 September. The home secretary is expected to use the speech to suggest that being discriminated […] More
