Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservatives have been handed huge £5m donation from a millionaire healthcare entrepreneur, as the party relies on a select group of mega-rich backers to boost its coffers. Frank Hester, founder and chief executive […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour will attempt to force ministers to publish documents detailing the full extent of the crumbling concrete crisis facing Britain. The party plans to force a vote to “reveal information about the full […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tests are being carried out on the Houses of Parliament for a form of crumbling concrete that has already caused chaos with the closure of more than 100 schools. Surveyors are on the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The education secretary has ordered headteachers to “get off their backsides” to complete surveys into whether their buildings contain dangerous crumbling concrete. Gillian Keegan said one in 20 schools is yet to complete […] More
Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, is facing criticism after her sweary outburst over the school concrete crisis was caught by a hot mic on Monday 4 September.In a moment of frustration, she hit out at those who she argued had “sat on their arse and done nothing” and questioned why no one was saying “You’ve done a f****** good job”.While her outburst piles pressure on Rishi Sunak and the government, Ms Keegan wasn’t the first politician to be caught out by a live microphone – and she certainly won’t be the last.Here, The Independent takes a look at some of the most famous hot-mic moments from years gone by. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as Jeremy Hunt and his junior ministers answer questions on a range of issues in parliament on Tuesday 5 September. Rishi Sunak and his government return to the House of Commons amid […] 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 The Port of Dover wants to reclaim some of the English Channel to build more space and avoid the lengthy queues which have marked […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch from Downing Street as Rishi Sunak meets with his cabinet for the first time since summer recess on Tuesday morning (5 September), amid the school concrete crisis. Pressure is mounting on the […] More
