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    Now Ted Lasso takes aim at government’s plan to ‘stop the boats’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email TV comedy series Ted Lasso appears to have taken aim at the government’s “evil” immigration policy. In scenes remarkably similar to Gary Lineker’s Twitter spat following comments made by Suella Braverman, the latest […] More

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    Watch live: Rishi Sunak meets Italian prime minister at Downing Street

    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 meets Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni at Downing Street on Thursday, 27 April. The UK prime minister and his far-right Italian counterpart are expected to discuss tackling irregular […] More

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    Finnish center-right to start coalition talks with far-right

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The head of Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party, which came first in April 2 elections, said Thursday he would start talks to form a center-right coalition government that would see power-sharing with a […] More

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    Braverman slammed by Tory colleague over ‘unreasonable’ comments on migrants

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Suella Braverman is facing a mounting backlash for claiming Channel migrants have “values at odds with our country” – including from a Right-wing Tory MP. The home secretary was criticised by backbencher Jonathan […] More

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    Suella Braverman fails to back up criminality claim against migrants

    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 failed to offer statistical evidence to back her claim that migrants crossing the English Channel are linked to “heightened levels of criminality” as the government’s immigration legislation cleared the Commons. […] More

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    Sudan evacuations can continue ‘even if ceasefire breaks’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Air evacuations from Sudan can continue even if a fragile ceasefire breaks, military chiefs said on Wednesday, as the first flight carrying British nationals arrived back in Britain. The commander in charge of […] More