Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer previously told banned Labour mayor Jamie Driscoll that he wanted to “unify the party” before blocking him from standing, it has emerged. In a friendly sit-down interview with Mr Driscoll during […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The benefits of the first Covid-19 lockdown were “a drop in the bucket compared to the staggering collateral costs” it imposed, a study has claimed. Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Lund University […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Matt Hancock has been told to apologise to Parliament after being found to have breached the MPs Code of Conduct. The former health secretary was found to have committed a “minor breach” of […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Government WhatsApp groups were used to discuss “frothy material” such as coffee orders and not to make major policy decisions, a former Tory health minister has claimed. Lord Bethell, who was criticised for […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch live as Rishi Sunak holds a press conference on the government’s plans to stop migrants arriving on small boats. The prime minister will be speaking from Dover, Kent on Monday 5 June […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour’s election war chest has been boosted by a car glass repair tycoon promising £5m to the party. Gary Lubner, who made hundreds of millions of pounds running the company behind Autoglass, hopes […] 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 made a big mistake by blocking the release of Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps, giving the former prime minister a chance to “enjoy” a divisive row, a senior Tory peer has warned. […] 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 blocking the release of WhatsApp messages to the Covid inquiry because he fears they could show his plots against Boris Johnson, according to allies of the former prime minister. The […] More
