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 revealed an extra £5bn will be added to Britain’s military budget over the next year two years, as the government sets out the latest defence and foreign policy review. The prime […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Jeremy Hunt has been urged to use this week’s Budget to wipe the energy bill debts accumulated by struggling families across the UK. End Fuel Poverty Coalition figures shared with The Independent show […] 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 is believed to have paid for his local electricity network to be upgraded so it can accommodate a private heated swimming pool at his home. Reports of the upgrade come as […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The British public supports the plan to deport small boat migrants to Rwanda – but most think it will make no difference, a new poll has revealed. The exclusive Savanta ComRes survey for […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email UK tech firms are at “serious risk” from the collapse of the British arm of Silicon Valley Bank, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned. Rishi Sunak and the chancellor have held emergency talks with […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The BBC’s sports coverage faced a second day of severe disruptions Sunday as dozens of staff refused to work in solidarity with top soccer host Gary Lineker, who was suspended by the broadcaster […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The universal credit sanctions scheme is to be tightened in a new push by Jeremy Hunt to get hundreds of thousands of people into work, prompting concern among campaigners. The requirement for benefits […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The BBC has made a “huge mistake” by forcing Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker off air, a former sports minister has warned as the row over freedom of speech escalated. The […] More
