For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Japanese businesses are committing to invest nearly £18bn in the UK, Rishi Sunak has announced as he meets the bosses of major firms in Tokyo. The prime minister […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A senior Tory MP has said swimming in sewage in Britain used to be regarded as “acceptable” – recalling his own childhood days paddling in wastewater. Damian Green claimed attitudes towards sewage dumping […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson dismissed Emmanuel Macron as “Putin’s lickspittle” after the French president criticised the then-prime minister’s response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis, according to a former leading No 10 official. Mr Johnson also […] 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 refused to recommit to a Tory manifesto pledge made by Boris Johnson to bring down overall immigration levels. The prime minister said he does want the net migration figure to fall, […] More
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 been accused of “turning its back” on the people of Afghanistan after an official watchdog said UK aid to the nation has more than halved. The Independent Commission for Aid […] More
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The UK has said it is up to the White House ultimately to decide on whether to send F-16 jets to Ukraine. Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, made […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Kwasi Kwarteng has again refused to apologise for the financial turmoil unleashed by his time in office alongside Liz Truss. The former chancellor, whose mini-budget triggered turbulence in the financial markets and drove […] 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 insisted the government would take a “pragmatic” approach to immigration in the wake of the home secretary’s call to reduce the numbers coming to the UK. The chancellor said ministers […] More
