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    Nadine Dorries dramatically quits as MP amid Boris Johnson’s honours list snub

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has resigned her seat with immediate effect after she was passed over for a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours. The former culture secretary has caused a major headache […] More

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    Government to scrap windfall tax if energy prices drop

    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 Rishi Sunak’s government has vowed to end the windfall tax on oil and gas companies if prices continue to fall, in a move branded “premature” while millions across […] More

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    Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list in full

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list has finally been confirmed by the government, after months of wrangling. Below is the full list of gongs handed out to those favoured by the prime minister. Peerages […] More

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    Controversial Oxford LTNs could be scrapped after slowing down ambulances

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A controversial traffic measure could be scrapped after data revealed it’s having a dire impact on ambulance wait times. Oxford LTNs, or low-traffic neighbourhoods, are groups of residential streets, bordered by main roads […] More

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    Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended from party after complaint

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Labour shadow minister has been suspended from the party pending a formal investigation into a complaint against him. Bambos Charalambous said he was “aware” of an allegation about him and it was […] More

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    Stop blaming ‘the Blob’ for failures, George Osborne tells Tories

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Conservatives need to stop blaming “the blob” – an imagined cabal of enemies embedded in British society – for failures of government, George Osborne has said. In a speech on Friday the former […] More

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    US looking to UK to lead the effort on AI regulation talks, Biden says

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The US is looking to the UK to “lead the effort” on how artificial intelligence is regulated, Joe Biden said. The US president expressed his confidence in Rishi Sunak in heading up international […] More