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    UK now spending £8m a day housing migrants in hotels

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The cost of housing asylum seekers has hit £8m a day, the Home Office has revealed, totalling more than £3bn a year. The figure, in the department’s annual report, is a significant increase […] More

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    Watch as Gillian Keegan takes questions in parliament on crumbling concrete in schools

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, takes questions in parliament on schools affected by crumbling concrete and the impact on children’s learning. The number of education settings in England where collapse-risk concrete […] More

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    Government outlines plan to crack down on NHS staff strikes

    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 government has revealed its plan to crack down on NHS strikes by forcing some doctors and nurses to work during future industrial action. Health secretary Steve Barclay is proposing strict “minimum […] More

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    Police aren’t paid to ‘dance with drag queens’, says Suella Braverman in attack on ‘woke’ policing

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Police officials are not paid to “dance with drag queens” or “wave flags”, Suella Braverman has said in her latest attack on so-called “woke” policing. The home secretary’s remarks, which appeared to criticise the […] More

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    Sir Keir Starmer says he speaks to Barack Obama ‘frequently’

    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 “frequently” speaks with Barack Obama, he has revealed as he set out plans to “restore the UK and its reputation on the world stage”. The Labour leader said Mr Obama […] More

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    Officials ‘asked Queen to raise concerns about Boris Johnson’s behaviour’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior government officials expressed concern about Boris Johnson’s behaviour during the pandemic with Buckingham Palace, it has been claimed. Staff apparently discussed asking the late Queen to raise these concerns with Mr Johnson […] More