Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The atmosphere was out of this world as a Nasa astronaut returned to her old university to receive an honorary doctorate. US Army Colonel Anne McClain – helicopter test pilot, US national team […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Conservative government minister has appeared to concede that Labour will win the next election during an appearance on TV news. Maria Caulfield was accused of a “poor choice of words” after seemingly […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email “Unsackable” Jeremy Hunt looks set to stay as chancellor as Rishi Sunak eyes a Cabinet reshuffle while striving desperately to cut inflation eating into cash-strapped households’ budgets. The Bank of England opted 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 kicked off his summer holiday strolling along a sun-soaked pier with his family in California. The prime minister, his wife Akshata Murty, and two young daughters, Krishna and Anoushka, were […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has labelled the latest rise in interest rates as a “hammer blow for working people” which did not need to happen. The Bank of England raised the base rate […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sadiq Khan has announced he is extending financial support for people hit by the expansion of the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez) – after Labour’s leader urged him to re-think it. The mayor […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Assessing students’ work “under examination conditions” would tackle plagiarism concerns following the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), the schools minister has suggested. Nick Gibb said the “dangers” of AI in education need […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Four Greenpeace protesters have been arrested after scaling Rishi Sunak’s Yorkshire home in protest over what they called new fossil fuel drilling “frenzy”. Police were called after the group of activists draped the […] More
