Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted that his plan to halve inflation is “working” despite further expected interest rate hikes and rising energy bills set to inflict more pain on households. Over the summer […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A new analysis by The Independent reveals the prime minister is being forced to rely on a dwindling pool of donors, as support for the Conservatives drains away and opinion polls show the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson has claimed the late Queen joked: “Were you naked?” when he revealed he had a nightmare about being late to meet her and her husband. The former prime minister recalled a […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Britain is no longer a global economic outlier after a huge upgrade to its post-pandemic economic performance by the Office for National Statistics. GDP – the size of Britain’s economy – climbed back […] More
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 top spin doctor in Downing Street has quit after less than a year in the job. Amber de Botton, who had a decade-long career as a broadcast journalist, was hired by […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Teachers and parents were braced for years of chaos on Friday as schools grapple to replace potentially dangerous crumbling concrete in buildings. As school leaders prepared for a weekend dash to inspect more […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Britain’s new defence secretary once claimed his YouTube account was hacked into because the password was “1234” or something equally easy to guess. Uneasy Tory MPs have taken to WhatsApp to re-share the […] More
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 is prepared to demonstrate his ruthless side with a purge of “problematic” Labour MPs before the next election. The Labour leader is reportedly considering getting rid of up to a […] More
