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    HS2 construction delays expected in bid to cut costs

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s government is set to delay some sections of the ambitious HS2 high-speed railway project in a bid to save money. The decision will affect the section of the high-speed railway between Birmingham […] More

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    Cabinet Office told Hancock ‘to tone down China Covid lab leak claims’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Matt Hancock was instructed by the Cabinet Office to tone claims in his memoir that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory leak in China, according to leaked correspondence. Officials are said to […] More

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    EU tells Rishi Sunak small boats plan ‘violates international law’

    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 EU has warned Rishi Sunak’s government that the plan to ban small boat migrants from making asylum claims in the UK “violates” international […] More

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    Dominic Raab ‘was warned by Boris Johnson about his conduct’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson privately warned Dominic Raab about his conduct and has given evidence to the bullying investigation into his former Cabinet colleague, it has been reported. The independent lawyer looking into formal complaints […] More