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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Gary Lineker has waded into the row over the appointment of BBC chair Richard Sharp just weeks after he was suspended by the broadcaster for speaking out against the government. Richard Sharp resigned […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email TV comedy series Ted Lasso appears to have taken aim at the government’s “evil” immigration policy. In scenes remarkably similar to Gary Lineker’s Twitter spat following comments made by Suella Braverman, the latest […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email BBC chair Richard Sharp has resigned after a report found he failed to declare two conflict of interests during his appointment process. Mr Sharp, a Tory donor, had helped arrange a meeting for […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email BBC chairman Richard Sharp has resigned from the role following a report by barrister Adam Heppinstall KC found he breached the governance code for public appointments. Mr Sharp became embroiled in the cronyism […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Angela Rayner has pleaded for her “soulmate” Sam Tarry to remain a Labour MP after he was deselected by the party. Mr Tarry was blocked from running in Ilford South in a ballot […] 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 will insist his Conservative government in Westminster is delivering for Scotland and the whole of the UK as he accused the SNP administration at Holyrood of focusing on “constitutional abstractions”. The […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Four women have complained to the parliamentary authorities about MP Julian Knight since police dropped an investigation into him, it has been reported. The fresh complaints are thought to be about inappropriate comments […] More