Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Kosovo’s prime minister offered Thursday to hold new mayoral elections in four Serb-majority municipalities and reduce police there in an effort to defuse tensions with neighboring Serbia that flared anew last month. Ethnic […] More
Jacob Rees-Mogg dodged questions from journalists on Thursday 29 June, after he was criticised in a report from the Privileges Committee.The Tory MP was accused of waging a “coordinated campaign of interference” which put “unprecedented” pressure on the committee investigating whether Boris Johnson lied to parliament over Partygate.Nadine Dorries, Andrea Jenkyns and Priti Patel were also identified in the report.Following the accusations, Mr Rees-Mogg refused to take questions from journalists as he was spotted jumping in a taxi.He told reporters he was “going to church” and then on to the “Test match” – likely speaking about the England vs Australia cricket fixture at Lord’s. More
Nigel Farage has claimed that the “establishment” is trying to “force him out of the UK” by closing his bank accounts.In a video, the GB News presenter says that he has been with the same banking group since 1980 but has recently received a phone call explaining his accounts are being closed.The former UKIP leader goes on to describe how he went to seven other banks to find another personal and business account and has been refused at each one.Mr Farage said that the closure of his bank accounts “may well fundamentally affect… whether I can stay living here in this country.””This is serious political persecution”, he wrote on Twitter. 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 Nicola Sturgeon was told off at the Covid inquiry for getting on her “soap box” and criticising the impact of Brexit. Scotland’s former first […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email MPs who ruled that Boris Johnson lied to parliament with his partygate assurances are expected to publish a follow-up report detailing attempts to interfere with the inquiry. The Privileges Committee published its report […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and former deputy first minister John Swinney will give evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Thursday. Ms Sturgeon has repeatedly said the pandemic was one of […] More
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Contingency plans are being drawn up for the collapse of England’s largest water supplier amid fears of a multi-billion taxpayer bailout. Ministers and regulator Ofwat have started talks about putting Thames Water into […] More
