Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email New rules are set to come into force aimed at preventing serious criminals gaining British citizenship. Changes to the “good character” requirement of citizenship applications from Monday will see tougher rules applied to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email James Cleverly has been accused by colleagues of treating his job as foreign secretary like “a continuous photoshoot”. Senior civil servants and Tory backbenchers have said Mr Cleverly is not working to represent […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to offer more support to ambulance crews after revealing “extremely worrying” waiting times. The party revealed statistics gained through freedom of information laws […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak will outline plans to invest in “powering up Britain from Britain” as he meets energy bosses days after his own MPs urged him to ditch green policies in the wake of a key […] 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 ordered a review of the rollout of low-traffic zones amid Tory backlash over the scheme that some have dubbed an “attack on motorists”. The prime minister used an interview in […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A member of Sir Keir Starmer’s top team billed taxpayers for a £55 parking ticket, leading the expenses watchdog to tighten its rules and write to MPs, The Independent can reveal. Shadow treasury […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Police in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday clashed with supporters of the country’s main opposition party, which said scores of its activists were injured during anti-government protests in parts of the city. The Bangladesh […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email An independent Scotland could have a migrants commissioner to champion the rights of those who have moved to the country from other nations. The proposal was included in the latest Scottish government paper […] More
