Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nigel Lawson, the tax-cutting U.K. Treasury chief under the late Margaret Thatcher and a lion of Conservative politics in the late 20th century has died. He was 91. Lawson, who led the Treasury […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nigel Lawson was Margaret Thatcher’s “unassailable” chancellor of the Exchequer for six years, until he resigned after a long-running and bitter storm over her reliance on monetarist guru Sir Alan Walters as her […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nigel Lawson, the Conservative former chancellor, has died at the age of 91. Lawson served in numerous cabinet positions in the government of Margaret Thatcher but was best known for his role as […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak’s government is setting out a new clean water plan with a promise of stronger regulation and tougher enforcement for those who pollute rivers, lakes and beaches. But Tory ministers were accused of “taking […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A victim of grooming gangs in Rotherham has told Suella Braverman the government “needs to be helping all victims of exploitation” after the home secretary singled out “British Pakistani males”. New measures announced […] 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 No 10 has admitted that “new processes” brought in after Brexit has contributed to several days of travel chaos at the Port of Dover. […] 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 Sir Keir Starmer has denied he was ever a friend of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, despite previously describing him as one. The Labour leader sought […] More
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