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    Watch: Rishi Sunak faces PMQs as Suella Braverman avoids investigation over speeding fine controversy

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak faced Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s questions on Wednesday, 24 May, as Suella Braverman avoided an investigation over her handling of a speeding fine. The home secretary faced criticism after […] More

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    YouGov research shows SNP could lose 23 seats to Labour at next UK election

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour could gain almost two dozen seats from the SNP in Scotland in the next Westminster election, research which could give Humza Yousaf’s party “serious cause for concern” has suggested. Analysis by pollsters […] More

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    200 Albanian offenders to be sent home from UK cells in prison transfer scheme

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Government has announced 200 Albanian nationals jailed in England and Wales will be sent home for the rest of their sentence – amid concerns that UK prisons are nearing capacity. Offenders handed […] More

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    Minister’s Satisfaction at plan to make delivery robots play Rolling Stones

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Songs played by home delivery robots should be selected by the public via a national competition, according to a transport minister. Jesse Norman suggested the Rolling Stones as his entry and used his […] More

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    Meta turning a blind eye to child abuse with encryption plans – minister

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Meta is “choosing to allow predators to operate with impunity” by rolling out encrypted messaging despite an “epidemic” of child abuse, security minister Tom Tugendhat has said. He urged the social media giant […] More

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    Braverman announces crackdown on foreign students bringing family to UK

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Suella Braverman has announced a crackdown on overseas students bringing family members to the UK as part of a push to reduce net migration. The home secretary said all foreign students – apart […] More

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    Bank of England admits it made errors in inflation forecasts

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight The Bank of England has “very big” lessons to learn, it said after admitting errors in its UK inflation forecasts. The central bank’s top […] More