Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Ministers in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet are feared to be using a WhatsApp function which automatically deletes messages on the social media app, which is widely used to conduct government business. Whitehall’s information commissioner […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Girls and boys are to be offered the same school sports as the government seeks to create the next generation of Lionesses. The plans, unveiled on International Women’s Day, will ensure that all […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Akshata Murty has revealed that she was inspired to encourage more women to study science by her own mother, who “broke the mould” as the only female engineer at her […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Georgian authorities used tear gas and water cannon outside the parliament building in the capital Tuesday against protesters who oppose a proposed law some see as stifling freedom of the […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the powerful 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, has announced he will stand down at the next general election. As chairman of the committee since 2010, […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Suella Braverman has been condemned for suggesting that 100 million asylum seekers could come to the UK without her planned immigration crackdown. The home secretary was accused of “inflammatory language” […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The Independent has launched a petition calling on Rishi Sunak to block Boris Johnson’s plan to give an honour to his father. In his resignation honours’ list, the former prime […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Former MP Mike Gapes has rejoined Labour after quitting under Jeremy Corbyn to form rival centrist party Change UK. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was “delighted” to welcome Mr Gapes back, despite […] More
