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    Ulez expansion sees cameras destroyed and police scuffle with furious protesters

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The chaotic first day of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) scheme expansion saw furious protests outside No 10 and traffic cameras smashed or vandalised with spray paint. The Crown Prince […] More

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    95% of councils struggle to recruit childcare workers – despite Hunt’s flagship pledge to boost workforce

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A recruitment crisis in the childcare sector threatens Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to expand free provision boost the workforce, as new figures show the scale of the struggles across England. The chancellor announced a […] More

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    Sadiq Khan won’t say if Ulez could cost Labour general election

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email London mayor Sadiq Khan has refused to say whether the unpopularity of his Ulez charges could cost Labour the next general election. Mr Khan was defiant about today’s expansion of the ultra-low emission […] More

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    Nadine Dorries reveals ‘new job’ as she finally quits seat after 12 weeks

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior Tory Nadine Dorries has finally left her Mid Bedfordshire seat – 12 weeks on from promising to quit over her failure to land a peerage. Under intense pressure to leave, the former […] More

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    Ulez: Everything you need to know as London’s low-emission zone expands

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sadiq Khan is going ahead with the expansion of London’s Ulez (ultra low emission zone) on Tuesday, following the failure of a legal challenge against it last month. But what is the policy, […] More

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    Top economists pile pressure on Keir Starmer to reverse Tory cuts

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Top economists have piled pressure on Keir Starmer to break with Tory spending plans amid anxiety over Labour’s policy direction if it wins the next election. In a letter seen by The Independent, […] More

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    Controversial Legacy Bill risks Northern Ireland peace agreement, say US senators

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior members of the US Congress have warned that the Northern Ireland peace agreement is at risk through the British government’s Legacy Bill – which victims of violence during The Troubles believe will […] More