Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating allegations of financial misconduct at the Scottish National Party (SNP). The former first minister is being held in custody and questioned by detectives looking into […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nicola Sturgeon‘s resignation was a surprise to many in politics – but the events that have unfolded since she left office have come as even more of a shock. Four months after her […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in the police investigation into the SNP’s finances. Police Scotland said she is in custody and is being questioned by detectives. The force said: “A 52-year-old woman has […] More
Labour’s Danny Beales has been on the campaign trail in Uxbridge and South Ruislip after Boris Johnson resigned as the north London constituency’s MP.The former prime minister stepped down on Friday (9 June) after launching a scathing attack on the Commons Privileges Committee probe into whether he misled the Commons over the Partygate scandal.“People are telling us that they’re pretty fed up – whether they voted Labour or Conservative last time,” the Camden councillor said.“The overwhelming sense was for the last 10-plus years we haven’t had a local MP.” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A committee of British lawmakers said Sunday that the U.K. will break its international human rights commitments if it goes through with government plans to detain and deport people who cross the English […] More
Boris Johnson’s resignation shows he has “taken charge,” the former prime minister’s ex-director of communications has said.Speaking on Sky News, Guto Harri said Mr Johnson had stepped down as an MP on his own terms rather than “being dragged kicking and screaming.”Mr Johnson resigned on Friday, 9 June, after launching a scathing attack on the Commons Privileges Committee investigation into whether he misled MPs with his assurances over the Partygate scandal.Longtime allies of the former PM, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams, announced their resignations shortly afterwards. More
The Conservative party does not miss the “drama” of Boris Johnson, Grant Shapps has said.Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday, 11 June, the energy secretary was pressed on whether more MPs would quit in solidarity with the former prime minister.Mr Johnson announced his resignation as MP on Friday (9 June) after launching a scathing attack on the Commons Privileges Committee probe into whether he misled the Commons over the Partygate scandal.Mr Johnson’s allies Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams resigned after the former PM’s statement.”It’s very hard to predict the future,” Mr Shapps said. More
