Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson lashed out at Rishi Sunak’s plans to water down government net zero pledges, some of which were introduced by the former prime minister. Mr Johnson said Britain “cannot afford to falter […] 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 Plans to offer Britain and other European countries “associate membership” of the EU have got Independent readers talking. We asked you what you thought of a blueprint, tabled by France and Germany, creating […] More
Suella Braverman dismissed the “expert” opinion of Lord Zac Goldsmith as she defended Rishi Sunak’s plans to roll back some of Britain’s key climate pledges.The Conservative peer and former climate and environment minister told BBC Newsnight that it would be a “moment of shame” for the prime minister to weaken green commitments.”[Lord Goldsmith] is an expert in this field but I disagree,” the home secretary told LBC.”I think we need to take into account the current economic climate, we need to take into account the cost of living challenges, we need to make sure this is sustainable and affordable,” Ms Braverman added. More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Liz Truss has been claiming from the £115,000-a-year public fund awarded to former prime ministers to run their offices, despite only serving for 49 […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Home Secretary has said Meta’s planned rollout of end-to-end encryption will create “safe havens” for paedophiles online unless robust safety measures are introduced. Suella Braverman accused the company, which owns Facebook, Instagram […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of Britain’s climate commitments, saying the country must fight climate change without penalizing workers and consumers. Sunak issued a late-night statement Tuesday in […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email France and Germany are pushing plans to offer Britain and other European countries “associate membership” of the EU in a move that could rebuild the UK’s ties with the bloc. The two countries […] More
