Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Homelessness charities have told Rishi Sunak they are deeply concerned the government will fail to meet its target of ending rough sleeping in England by 2024. In a letter to the prime minister, […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Suella Braverman has urged police to “ramp up” the use of controversial stop and search powers in a move that has been criticised as “deeply irresponsible” by human rights campaigners. In a letter […] More
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 will pledge to “cut bills, create jobs and provide energy security” by scrapping the ban on new onshore wind farms and removing planning barriers standing in the way of green […] More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Lord Heseltine has called for Britain to “recreate our position at the centre of Europe” after the failure of Brexit. The Tory grandee accused […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tech investor and artificial intelligence specialist Ian Hogarth has said he is “honoured” to be chosen to chair the Government’s new AI Foundation Model Taskforce. Mr Hogarth co-founded Plural Platform, an early-stage venture […] More
Michael Gove has apologised in response to new footage showing Tory staff joking at their lockdown Christmas party that they were ‘bending the rules’.At least 24 people are thought to have been at the party at the Conservative Party HQ at the end of 2020.”It’s terrible…the fact this party went ahead is indefensible”, he told Sky’s Sophy Ridge, adding those who were involved had been ‘disciplined’.The attendees were allegedly the staffers responsible for assisting with Shaun Bailey’s mayoral campaign.”I just want to apologise to everyone really”, he added. 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 will call on businesses and investors to “match Ukraine’s bravery on the battlefield” by stepping up support for the country’s economic recovery. The prime minister will urge the private sector to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Partygate video appearing to show Tory staff drinking, dancing and joking about “bending” Covid lockdown rules has emerged, piling further pressure on the party just days after Boris Johnson was found to […] More
