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    Keir Starmer refuses to say whether he backs Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ expansion

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer has refused to say whether he backs Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the London Ulez (Ultra-Low Emission Zone) – after a Labour candidate said it should be halted. Danny Beales, who is […] More

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    UK Conservative lawmaker faces ejection from Parliament for groping strangers at a London club

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A British lawmaker accused of drunkenly groping two men at a private members’ club should be suspended from Parliament for eight weeks for “completely unacceptable” conduct, a standards watchdog said Thursday. The ruling […] More

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    Sunak ‘concerned’ over price tag of rejoining EU science research scheme

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak remains concerned over the price of rejoining the EU’s Horizon Europe scientific research programme as he considers a draft deal. The Prime Minister is seeking “value for money” and is still […] More

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    Watch moment protesters removed from Keir Starmer’s speech in Kent

    Protesters interrupted Sir Keir Starmer as he spoke about Labour’s five priorities in Gillingham, Kent, on Thursday (6 July).Footage shows two people carrying a banner demanding that the Labour leader “stop making U-turns” and calling for a “green new deal now.”The opposition leader told the pair to “let him finish,” adding that he would “speak to them after” as they accused of him of U-turning on his £28bn green prosperity plan before being removed by security.”They may have missed the fact that the last mission I launched was on clean power by 2030,” Sir Keir continued. More

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    Watch: Keir Starmer sets out Labour’s five party priorities

    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 Sir Keir Starmer set out Labour’s final “national mission” in the party’s five priorities during a speech in Gillingham on Thursday (6 July). The Labour leader has pledged to smash […] More