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    Lavatories Tsar appointed by government – as plans face ridicule

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s government has been mocked for introducing a “Lavatories Tsar”, as ministers announced an attempt to crack down on gender-neutral public toilets. New shops, public buildings and offices will be ordered to […] More

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    Sunak set to push on with asylum barges despite Bibby Stockholm fiasco

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s government is to push on with finding more barges to house asylum seekers, despite the plan to put migrants in the Bibby Stockholm barge descending into “utter farce”. The PM is […] More

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    Sunak leans into culture war with crackdown on gender-neutral toilets

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s government has been mocked for introducing a “Lavatories Tsar”, as ministers announced an attempt to crack down on gender-neutral public toilets. New shops, public buildings and offices will be ordered to […] More

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    Starmer ‘ditches commitment to Ulez-style clean air zones across country’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has backtracked on Labour’s commitment to introduce clean air zones across the UK, according to reports, following the party’s failure to win the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election. A statement […] More

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    Jeremy Hunt’s younger brother dies following three-year battle with cancer

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Jeremy Hunt’s younger brother has died following a three-year battle with cancer. The Chancellor spoke last month about how the disease had hit his family, with his sibling Charlie, 53, having been diagnosed […] More