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    Keir Starmer plans to stuff House of Lords with Labour peers

    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 is said to be drawing up plans to appoint dozens of Labour peers to the House of Lords to stop his agenda for government being frustrated by the upper chamber. […] More

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    Jeremy Hunt calls mortgage crisis summit as experts urge banks to help those struggling

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Ministers have waded into the unfolding mortgage crisis, piling pressure on lenders to be “flexible” with those struggling to keep up with soaring repayments. Jeremy Hunt has summoned bosses from Britain’s leading banks […] More

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    Jeremy Hunt to hold mortgage summit to pile pressure on banks to increase support

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Jeremy Hunt will hold a summit to pile pressure on Britain’s biggest banks to increase support to customers struggling with rising mortgage payments. The chancellor will call the bosses of major lenders to […] More

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    Boris Johnson Partygate row is over, claims Rishi Sunak

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak considers the scandal over Boris Johnson’s Partygate lies to parliament to be over after last night’s vote to punish the former prime minister, Downing Street has said. No 10 said the […] More

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    Michael Gove says 25-year fixed rates could ease mortgage crisis

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Cabinet minister Michael Gove has suggested that mortgage rates fixed for 25 years could help ease the crisis facing by homeowners facing spiralling monthly costs. Rishi Sunak’s government was urged to “end this […] More

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    Watch: Jeremy Hunt questioned on mortgage rates and cost of living

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as Jeremy Hunt is questioned by opposition MPs in the House of Commons on mortgage rates and the cost of living on Tuesday, 20 June. Labour’s Gerald Jones asked te chancellor what […] More