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    New calls for Nicola Sturgeon to be suspended from SNP after fundraising leak

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email SNP leader Humza Yousaf is facing calls to suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon following claims police are investigating attempts to shut down scrutiny of party finances. Ms Sturgeon blocked plans to hire a […] More

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    Labour insists more anti-Sunak attack ads to come despite ‘gutter politics’ backlash

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting offered a defiant defence of Labour’s controversial attack ads against Rishi Sunak – vowing that there is “more to come” from the opposition. The frontbencher said the […] More

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    Dominic Raab report ‘won’t give verdict on bullying claims’ – leaving Sunak to decide

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The official investigation into claims Dominic Raab bullied government staff will not offer a verdict and will leave Rishi Sunak to assess whether his behaviour merits punishment, it has emerged. The independent probe […] More

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    Top scientists warn ‘the next pandemic is coming and we’re not ready’

    Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email The UK is not ready for the next global pandemic because public services are being dismantled and key research is being defunded, experts have claimed. More than three years after the global […] More

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    Nurses’ walk outs could last until Christmas as union plans ‘mega strike’

    Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union leader Pat Cullen has said nurses could strike until Christmas if Rishi Sunak’s government does not back down on pay demands. It comes as the country’s largest nursing […] More

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    Thousands turn out for anti-government protest in Prague

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Thousands of people rallied again in the Czech capital on Sunday to protest high inflation and demand the government’s resignation. It was the second such rally at Prague’s Wenceslas Square after one on […] More

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    David Cameron does U-turn on foreign aid vow

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email David Cameron has performed a U-turn on cuts to Britain’s foreign aid spending, saying he was now a “realist” on moves to slash the budget. The former Tory prime minister had previously condemned […] More