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    Akshata Murty puts scandals behind her as she joins PM at G7 in Japan

    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 wife Akshata Murty has stepped out of the shadows following a series of high-profile scandals to join him on her first international trip as the prime minister’s spouse. The multimillionaire daughter […] More

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    ‘Guardrails’ will be put in place to regulate growth of AI, vows Sunak

    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 insisted that “guardrails” will be put in place so the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) can be reaped while minimising the risks to society. The Prime Minister said the UK’s […] More

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    Stop raising interest rates, Jeremy Hunt’s adviser tells Bank of England

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Bank of England should stop raising interest rates because it risks choking Britain’s economic recovery, a top adviser to chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said. Andy Haldane – a former chief economist at […] More

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    Bible verse, conspiracies and the ‘cult of trans’: The ultra-conservative Americans infiltrating the Tory party

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email When Suella Braverman delivered a half-hour long speech railing against “identity politics” and “radical gender ideology” on Monday, it was the first time most people had heard of the National Conservatism Conference. But […] More

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    Swimming in sewage used to be ‘acceptable’, says senior Tory MP

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A senior Tory MP has said swimming in sewage in Britain used to be regarded as “acceptable” – recalling his own childhood days paddling in wastewater. Damian Green claimed attitudes towards sewage dumping […] More

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    Boris Johnson dismissed Macron as ‘Putin’s lickspittle’, claims ex-comms chief

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson dismissed Emmanuel Macron as “Putin’s lickspittle” after the French president criticised the then-prime minister’s response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis, according to a former leading No 10 official. Mr Johnson also […] More