Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Bringing up Rishi Sunak’s wealth amounts to “class warfare”, a Conservative minister has claimed – as he insisted voters want someone who is “gifted”. Veterans affairs minister Johnny Mercer said the electorate “couldn’t […] More
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Watch live as Mark Drakeford gives evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry on Tuesday, 4 July. Wales’ first minister will appear before the inquiry as well as Dr Quentin […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The immigration minister ordered staff at an asylum reception centre to paint over pictures of cartoons and animals to ensure children did not feel welcomed, it is claimed. Robert Jenrick allegedly told staff […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The NHS is “frozen in time” and has left Britons sicker than those in many other western countries, Sajid Javid has warned. The former health secretary is calling for a royal commission into […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Universities will adapt teaching and assessment for students to incorporate “ethical” use of generative artificial intelligence, leading institutions have said. The Russell Group, which includes many of the most selective universities in 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 government’s plans to tackle the small boats crisis has been dealt a damaging blow in the House of Lords with peers demanding 11 key changes. Several defeats were inflicted by peers on […] More
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Thousands of Iranian dissidents crowded the streets of a Paris neighbourhood on Saturday while western opponents of the government in Tehran gathered for a politically star-studded event aimed at poking a […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior Tory Sajid Javid has suggested that MPs’ £86,000 salaries should be doubled – claiming talented people were put off coming to politics because of the pay. The ex-chancellor, who previously worked in […] More
