Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak would be happy to let a robot look after his grandmother or teach his children, he has confirmed. Ahead of a meeting with Joe Biden, during which the prime minister will […] 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 has backed interest-rate hikes to calm inflation even if they increase the risk of the UK entering a recession. The prime minister has set halving inflation by the end of the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Artificial intelligence technology could pose the same risks as nuclear war and pandemics, Rishi Sunak has appeared to acknowledge. The Prime Minister said he wanted to avoid “scaremongering” about the risks posed by […] 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 has been accused of “bottling” his chance to throw the first pitch at a baseball match on his visit to Washington DC for talks with Joe Biden. The prime minister was […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as Oliver Dowden stands in for PMQs and takes questions from Angela Rayner on Wednesday 7 June. Rishi Sunak is away on a trip to the United States, where he will meet […] More
Oliver Dowden drew laughter from the government benches when he said he will “take no lectures on profligacy” from the SNP.The deputy prime minister stood in for Rishi Sunak during PMQs on Wednesday 7 June, when Mhairi Black questioned him over the “priorities” of the Tory party in the cost of living crisis.“This government plans to cut taxes for the richest, spend £6bn imprisoning people fleeing war and persecution and has lost £21bn to government fraud throughout this pandemic,” Ms Black said.“Is the view from the prime minister’s luxury helicopter so skewed that during a cost of living crisis, he thinks this is what people’s priorities are?”Mr Dowden then hit back, saying: “I’m going to take no lectures on profligacy from the SNP”. More
Angela Rayner urged deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden to “go back to school” and improve his “dire” PMQs “punchlines” as the pair clashed in the House of Commons on Wednesday 7 June.The duo stood in for Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer and exchanged barbs at the Despatch box, first over the Covid inquiry, before moving on to schooling issues.“For the last couple of years, he’s been trying to prep prime ministers for this, but these punchlines are dire,” Ms Rayner said of Mr Dowden’s performance.“He really needs to go back to school himself.” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A “stealth tax raid” by Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt will force almost 5m healthcare workers to pay hundreds of pounds more in tax, analysis shows. The government’s decision to freeze income tax […] More
