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    TikTok fined £12.7m for ‘letting 1.4m underage children in UK use app’

    For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails TikTok has received a £12.7m fine from UK regulators because it “failed to use children’s personal data lawfully” and “did not do enough” to prevent underage children from […] More

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    Government rejected chances to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, say MPs

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The UK government imposed “significant suffering” on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori by rejecting changes to free them from captivity in Iran, a damning report by MPs has found. Early opportunities to secure […] More

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    Michelle Donelan in talks on UK access to EU’s £88.6bn science scheme

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Government is set to hold talks with the European Union on the UK having associate membership of the bloc’s flagship Horizon Europe research programme. Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan is travelling […] More

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    Montenegro's new president says country firmly on EU path

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Montenegro’s president-elect Jakov Milatovic is pledging to speed up the small country’s bid for membership to the European Union and to adhere to the bloc’s policy line toward Russia over its invasion of […] More

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    World’s first self-driving bus service launches next month

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Full-size, self-driving buses will begin public services next month in what is believed to be a world first. Stagecoach announced the ground-breaking scheme over Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge will launch on May 15. […] More

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    As it turns 25, N Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement explained

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email It has been 25 years since the striking of the Good Friday Agreement, the landmark peace accord that ended three decades of violence in Northern Ireland, a period known as “the Troubles.” The […] More