Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Voters across England will head to the polls today for a series of local elections. More than 8,000 seats will be contested at 230 councils, with Bedford, Leicester, Mansfield and Middlesbrough among several […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Labour council candidate who campaigned alongside senior party figures has been suspended over a tweet accusing a member of the royal family of being a sex offender. A post on the profile […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has said the Conservatives are moving away from “box set drama” politics – but warned they were in for a “hard night” at the local elections, it has been reported. Polls […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Ireland’s premier has urged respect for those who support the monarchy in the UK after two opposition parliamentarians questioned the time Irish national broadcaster RTE is devoting to the King’s coronation. Leo Varadkar […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The local elections will mark the first time it has been compulsory for all voters in England to have to show photo identification when arriving at polling stations. The much-criticised change was piloted […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of being “shifty” over questions about Sue Gray and has been urged to “fess up” about when contact with her about a top Labour job was first […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior Conservatives have expressed concern that even voters with photo ID risk being turned away from polling booths if new rules are strictly applied at local elections on Thursday. Former cabinet ministers urged […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer said more than a million Britons face higher mortgage payments because the Tories treated their money like “casino chips”. The Labour leader blamed higher housing costs on the Conservatives for […] More
