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    PM blasts ‘unacceptable’ social media craze that led to Oxford Street looting

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Prime Minister has blasted the organising on social media of looting and disruption as “appalling” and “unacceptable”. Rishi Sunak warned youngsters tempted to get involved in future antisocial and criminal flashmobs that […] More

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    Why tensions have been growing along NATO’s eastern border with Belarus

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the two neighbors ratchet up. Those tensions between Poland — a NATO and European […] More

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    Brexit trade failures revealed by government’s own research

    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 British firms are increasingly pessimistic about the benefits of post-Brexit free trade deals, according to the government’s own research. The Department for Business and […] More

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    Starmer clashes with Khan and ‘disappoints’ top donor by opposing Ulez

    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 has offered his strongest criticism yet of Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) for London – arguing that it was “disproportionately” hitting hard-up Britons during the cost of living crisis. […] More

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    Rishi Sunak under mounting pressure to speed up law to protect venues against terror attacks

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Rishi Sunak is under mounting pressure to bring forward promised protections against terror attacks in venues and public places. The mother of Manchester Arena victim Martyn Hett, Figen Murray, has been campaigning for […] More

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    Ditching net zero will cost us blue wall, Tory MPs tell Sunak

    Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak has been warned that any attempt to dilute net zero commitments on climate change could cost them crucial seats in the “blue wall” south of England. The PM appeared to shift his tone […] More