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    Government signs off £65m payout for owners of failing Avanti and Transpennine rail franchises

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The government authorised the owner of failing rail franchises Avanti West Coast and Transpennine Express to pay itself a £65 million dividend last year, accounts show. The revelation comes amid calls for FirstGroup […] More

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    Lebanon’s parliament votes to postpone municipal elections

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Lebanon’s parliament Tuesday postponed municipal elections for up to a year for a second time amid concerns the government would not be able to secure the needed funding in time for polling. The […] More

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    Boris Johnson and Donald Trump can campaign but not govern, experts suggest

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson got away with breaking the rules as long as he was trying to deliver Brexit, said Professor Sir John Curtice, the elections analyst – but lost popularity over “gatherings” in Downing […] More

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    Encrypted messaging services sign open letter against Online Safety Bill

    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 WhatsApp and other secure messaging apps have sounded the alarm about an “unprecedented threat” to UK citizens and people who communicate with them. It is the latest alarm […] More

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    Women’s Institute must ‘get over and get used to’ welcoming trans women, says ex-Tory leader William Hague

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Women’s Institute must “get over and get used to” welcoming transgender women, a former Tory leader has said. William Hague said transgender people are a “part of our society now” and that […] More

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    Single-sex schools will be able to refuse transgender pupils

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Single-sex schools will be allowed to refuse transgender pupils under new education guidelines planned by Rishi Sunak’s government, it has emerged. Amid fears of legal action from parents, head teachers of all girls’ […] More

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    SNP treasurer Colin Beattie arrested in party finances probe

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The treasurer of the SNP has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the party’s finances, Police Scotland has said. Colin Beattie, 71, was taken into custody on Tuesday morning and […] More