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    Best route out of poverty is a job, deputy prime minister says

    The single best way to get out of poverty is by getting a job, Oliver Dowden told MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 12 July.The deputy prime minister filled in for Rishi Sunak this afternoon while the prime minister attended a Nato summit in Lithuania.Mr Dowden told the House of Commons: “The single best route out of poverty is a job and record numbers of people… under this government have got a job.”It comes after the Office for National Statistics released figures showing that the unemployment rate for March to May 2023 increased by 0.2 percentage points on the quarter to 4 per cent. More

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    PM urged to keep independent appeals process for removing harmful online content

    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 urged to keep an independent appeals process for removing harmful online content from platforms such as TikTok and OnlyFans. Conservative peer Baroness Newlove has written to Rishi Sunak and […] More

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    New rules to make it easier to use public electric car chargers

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Electric car drivers will only need one app to pay for public chargepoints operated by different companies, under legislation laid in Parliament. Motorists are currently forced to use multiple smartphone apps or membership […] More

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    Asylum seekers moved to RAF base despite Home Office court battle over site

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Home Office has moved asylum seekers into an Essex military base despite being embroiled in an ongoing legal challenge over using the site to house 1,700 people. The first migrants arrived at […] More

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    Rishi Sunak signals no tax cuts before next election amid inflation fears

    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 has hinted that voters should not expect tax cuts before next year’s general election amid fears they would boost inflation. His comments came as mortgage rates hit a peak […] More

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    Watch as Thames Water bosses questioned by MPs over financial viability

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as a parliamentary committee quizzes water industry bosses as concerns mount over the financial viability of Britain’s water suppliers. On Monday (10 July), Thames Water averted a nationalisation threat with a £750m […] More