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 Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden claimed that planning for a no-deal Brexit made the UK “match fit” for the Covid pandemic. The senior Tory minister told […] More
Floundering foreign secretary James Cleverly was left red-faced in a bruising BBC interview when he was put on the spot over the inflation crisis.Challenged six times to say how Rishi Sunak planned to cut price rises Mr Cleverly’s stumbling replies were greeted with laughter by interviewer Amol Rajan.Eventually Mr Rajan ended the interview abruptly, silencing Mr Cleverly for the weather forecast.At one point tongue tied Mr Cleverly mistakenly talked about “low skilled inflation” harming the economy – he meant to say “low skilled immigration.”Mr Rajan became so frustrated with Mr Cleverly’s evasiveness he sarcastically thanked him for “giving me an economics lesson.” 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 is set to say it is imperative that he “hold his nerve” to fulfil his “moral” duty to cut inflation as he resists growing calls to bail out struggling homeowners. The […] 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 Britain will back fast-tracking Ukraine’s Nato membership as momentum builds among Western allies to significantly change their stance over Kyiv’s attempts to join the alliance. Volodymyr Zelensky’s government […] 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 has been warned homeowners face a “serious shock” as the Bank of England prepares to hike interest rates for the 13th time in a row, piling more pressure on struggling mortgage […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A failed Tory London mayoral candidate is set to become a peer within weeks despite a new police probe into a Covid-era party organised by his campaign. Shaun Bailey is under pressure to […] 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 has finally given his verdict on Boris Johnson’s Partygate lies, saying it is right the disgraced former prime ministerhas been held to account. In a final humiliation on Monday MPs backed […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email David Cameron’s wife Samantha “convinced” him to press ahead with legalising same-sex marriage, the former prime minister has revealed. Despite internal opposition from some within the Conservative Party, Mr Cameron said he “kept […] More
