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    Covid inquiry demands Tory ministers hand over WhatsApp messages

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Conservative ministers and top civil servants will have to hand over WhatsApp messages to the Covid inquiry, the chairman of the official probe has said. Baroness Hallett made clear that she would use […] More

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    Michael Gove desperate to appear on Strictly, says ex-wife

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Cabinet minister Michael Gove is “desperate” to take part in Strictly Come Dancing, his ex-wife Sarah Vine has claimed. The levelling up secretary – once captured raving in an Aberdeen nightclub – is […] More

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    Isolating China is ‘betrayal of national interest’, James Cleverly to say

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email James Cleverly will claim isolating China is a “betrayal” of the national interest in a speech setting out the government’s position on Beijing. The foreign secretary will say the UK must engage directly […] More

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    Labour to push Commons vote on opposition bill to end sewage dumping

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tory MPs have been told they face “judgment day” as Labour plans to force a binding vote on draft legislation aimed at bringing an end to sewage dumping. The party said it will […] More

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    Fake reviews and subscription traps to be banned under new bill

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A regulator is to police the “excessive dominance” of big technology platforms with the power to fine them up to 10 per cent of their global turnover under new legislation. The Digital Markets […] More

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    Bill to crack down on big tech, fake reviews and subscription traps

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A regulator is to police the “excessive dominance” of big technology platforms with the power to fine them up to 10% of their global turnover under new legislation. The Digital Markets Unit (DMU), […] More

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    UK troops fly to Sudan as officials work on evacuation plan for Britons

    For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails British troops have flown into eastern Sudan as officials consider “every possible option” to evacuate thousands of UK nationals stranded in the wartorn country, with some saying they […] More

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    MPs debate consequences of Brexit for first time

    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 MPs have debated the consequences of Brexit for the first time since Britain left the European Union – with critics arguing it has been […] More