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    Rishi Sunak facing red wall wipeout at general election, shock poll shows

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Tories are facing electoral oblivion in the red wall as a shock poll reveals they will lose every single seat. Polling from Electoral Calculus, shared with The Independent, reveals all 42 red […] More

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    One in three tenants borrowed money to pay rent in last month

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email One in three private renters have been forced to borrow money to pay their rent in the space of a month, shocking new figures show. Over two million people have turned to credit […] More

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    Britain facing ‘permanent asylum backlog’ and £5bn accommodation bill under new Tory migration act

    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 illegal migration bill will make Britain’s migration crisis “significantly worse” by the next election and create a “permanent backlog” of asylum seekers, a leading think tank has warned. The Institute for […] More

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    Most Tory voters don’t care about Sunak’s ‘anti-woke’ crusade, poll shows

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The vast majority of Conservative voters do not think tackling “woke” politics should be a priority for Rishi Sunak’s government, new polling has revealed. Almost three in four people who voted Tory at […] More

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    Fresh calls for probe into Nadine Dorries’ failure to quit as MP

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nadine Dorries is facing a fresh push for a Westminster investigation into her failure to quit as an MP despite promising to do so three months ago. The ex-Tory culture minister is under […] More

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    Blow for Rishi Sunak as voters fail to give him credit for inflation drop

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is not getting the credit for falling inflation despite it being his top pledge to voters, a poll has found. Instead, voters are more likely to believe the Bank of England […] More