Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Conservative councillor who said it was “more likely” an alleged rape victim was probably a prostitute has been thrown out of the party. Shaun Slator made the comments on Twitter in December […] 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 is said to be considering cutting inheritance tax ahead of the next general election in a move to give the ailing Tories a poll boost. The vast majority of families are […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Anti-Tory tactical voting could see heavy local election losses for Rishi Sunak’s party and lead to a Labour majority at the next general election, top polling gurus have said. Leading elections experts said […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The government is giving itself powers to bypass normal planning permission for asylum accommodation and other urgent developments “of national importance” on military bases. New laws that will be considered by the House […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nurses have rejected the government’s pay offer and announced an all-out strike with all services affected for the first time in NHS history. A majority of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members rejected […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer billed taxpayers for nearly a quarter of a million pounds in travel costs while he was director of public prosecutions, it has been revealed. The future Labour leader put nearly three […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The government has accused lawyers refusing to prosecute climate protesters or act for fossil fuel interests of “undermining” the rule of law and independence of the legal profession. The solicitor general Michael Tomlinson […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer’s adverts attacking Rishi Sunak will not work because they “come out of thin air”, an advertising guru has warned. Lord Maurice Saatchi, whose firm masterminded the infamous “Labour isn’t working” […] More
