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    Downing Street denies ‘cover up’ over Cabinet Office refusal to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Downing Street has denied the row over the disclosure of Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and notebooks to the Covid inquiry is a “cover-up”. Pressure was moutning on Rishi Sunak to reveal the former […] More

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    Millions in Tory donations at risk as property developers hit back

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Property developers that have donated millions of pounds to the Conservative Party are “on strike” amid claims the party is blocking new house building. Housebuilders and developers – who in the past have […] More

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    Spain PM’s shock election call brings unruly coalition to heel

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s snap general election call breaks apart the coalition he built with the far-left United We Can party, marking a line in the sand with a movement born from […] More

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    Closing gender pay gap will boost growth, Labour says

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Closing the gender pay gap will help boost Britain’s flagging economy, Labour has said. Writing for The Independent to mark the anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, deputy leader Angela Rayner suggested better […] More

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    UK police to ‘help’ crackdown on people trafficking gangs in North Africa

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email UK police will be tasked with helping security forces break up people-smuggling gangs in North African countries, it has been reported. National Crime Agency (NCA) officers are set to join nations in the […] More

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    MPs claiming driving fines on expenses is ‘manifestly wrong’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email MPs claiming driving fines on expenses is “manifestly wrong”, the chair of Parliament’s sleaze watchdog has said. Labour MP Chris Bryant said members of the public cannot claim fines on their daily expenses, […] More