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    Angela Rayner gives fresh hint of tax rises for rich under Labour

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Angela Rayner has hinted at tax hikes for the rich if Labour wins the next general election. The party’s deputy leader criticised Rishi Sunak for offering tax breaks to the wealthiest while “pushing […] More

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    Keir Starmer denies ‘targeting’ Sunak’s wife despite Labour advert attacking her non-dom status

    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 has said denied “targeting” Rishi Sunak’s wife as he again defended the Labour Party’s highly controversial online attack adverts. The Labour leader claimed the ads – the latest which specifically […] More

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    Matt Hancock under investigation for lobbying sleaze watchdog

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Matt Hancock has been placed under investigation by parliament’s standards commissioner – for allegedly “lobbying” the sleaze watchdog to influence its findings. The parliamentary commissioner for standards confirmed on Wednesday afternoon it was […] More

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    UK government faces legal action after blocking Scotland’s gender recognition law

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Scotland’s government is to press ahead with a legal challenge to Westminster’s decision to veto gender ID reforms. Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill “was passed by […] More

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    US avoids post-Brexit trade deal talks with UK during Biden visit

    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 Joe Biden has dodged talks about a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK during his visit to Northern Ireland. The US President met Rishi […] More