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    Labour left abandons Diane Abbott in antisemitism row

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Diane Abbott has been condemned by her own wing of the Labour party as she is engulfed in an antisemitism row after claiming Jewish people are not subjected to racism. The left-wing MP […] More

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    Review announced into why some mobile phones did not receive UK test alert

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A review will be conducted to find out why some mobile phones did not receive the test of a new national emergency alert system on Sunday. The Cabinet Office said the “vast majority […] More

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    MPs demand: Cut funding of apprenticeships for City high-flyers

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The taxpayer-funded apprenticeships scheme should be overhauled to focus on young people at the start of their careers, instead of millions being spent on courses for senior executives, MPs will warn in the […] More

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    Dominic Raab faces push to remove him as MP ahead of general election

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Parliament’s anti-sleaze watchdog is facing calls to open a new inquiry into Dominic Raab’s behaviour, as a campaign is launched to oust the former deputy MP from his seat in Surrey. A new […] More

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    New young drivers could be banned from giving their friends a lift

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The government will consider calls to ban new drivers under the age of 25 from carrying young passengers as part of a “graduated driving licence” scheme. One in five drivers crash within a […] More

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    National alert system not nanny state interference, says Dowden

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Deputy Prime Minister has denied that the national alert system being tested on Sunday is an example of nanny state interference. Oliver Dowden conceded the loud alarm that is due to ring […] More