Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Artificial Intelligence “tutors” in schools could close the attainment gap between rich and poor students, an education minister has suggested. Baroness Barran, the schools minister, said AI had the potential to cut teacher […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has welcomed funding to create a research facility which seeks to drive the next generation in visual effects technology. A consortium led by Abertay University was selected as the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson has vowed to launch an unprecedented attack on a parliamentary probe into Partygate widely expected to be so damning it is predicted to finally end his hopes of a political comeback. […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson was told his attempt to award a peerage to Nadine Dorries had been rejected as long ago as February, according to senior government sources. The former prime minister and the ex-culture […] More
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 The government’s focus on Brexit “crowded out and prevented” the work that was needed to prepare for the next pandemic, the lead lawyer to the […] More
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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Conservative peer bullied and humiliated a women’s rights campaigner both online and in person, a House of Lords investigation has found. Lord Rami Ranger has been forced to apologise after the inquiry found he had […] More
Boris Johnson told the House of Commons that “all guidance was followed completely” at Number 10 during the coronavirus pandemic during a session of Prime Minister’s Questions in December 2021.The former prime minister will reportedly be found on Wednesday, 14 June, to have deliberately misled MPs over parties in Downing Street during the pandemic – the Privileges Committee has rejected Mr Johnson’s defence that officials advised him that rules had been followed, The Times reports.Several gatherings took place in Number 10 in December 2020, including a leaving event on 17 December in which Mr Johnson made a speech. More
