Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer turned his fire on parts of his own party on Saturday as he sought to keep Labour on the path to No 10. Addressing the forum that will help set the […] More
Sir Keir Starmer accused the Conservatives of “giving up on government” after two by-election defeats, as he set out the party’s priorities ahead of next year’s general election.Addressing Labour’s national policy forum in Nottingham on Saturday 22 July, Sir Keir vowed his party can deliver a “Britain that truly serves working people”.“The Tories are watching us – looking for us to slip up. Make no mistake, they have given up on government, they have got no record to defend,” he said.“All they can do now is oppose Labour, attack our plans.” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson has called on the boss of Natwest to resign if she is found to have leaked details of Nigel Farage’s bank account to the BBC. The former prime minister also called […] More
Footage shows the inside of the Bibby Stockholm barge which is set to house 500 asylum seekers at Portland Port in Dorset.The barge’s capacity has been upped from 222 to 506 people.But The Independent understands that migrants will have less living space than an average parking bay.An official brochure released by owner Bibby Marine shows there are only 222 “single en-suite bedrooms” on board, meaning that at least two people may have to be crammed into every cabin for the government to achieve its aim. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Technical experts have recovered all relevant messages from Boris Johnson’s old mobile phone so they can be handed to the Covid-19 Inquiry, a spokesperson for the former PM has said. Mr Johnson had […] 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 suffered a double by-election defeat in safe Tory seats, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats both overturning majorities of about 20,000. Labour won Selby and Ainsty and the Lib Dems […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour has blamed Sadiq Khan and his hated expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) for their shock by-election defeat in Boris Johnson’s former seat of Uxbridge. Sir Keir Starmer said it […] More
