Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine White Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report A Conservative councillor has been suspended after he was allegedly recorded saying “all white men should have a Black slave”. Andrew Edwards, who represents the ward of Haverfordwest on Pembrokeshire County […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer is the “wettest Labour leader” on crime in history, a Tory minister has claimed. Chris Philp said Mr Starmer’s record on crime is “absolutely appalling”. The policing minister even said […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A key figure behind the four-day junior doctors’ strike has apologised for “undermining” the action by booking holiday as his colleagues walked out. Dr Rob Laurenson, co-chair of the British Medical Association’s junior […] 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 was interviewed by the Conservative Home website on Thursday, 13 April. The prime minister was expected to discuss topics including upcoming elections, immigration and Northern Ireland. It comes after Mr Sunak […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email US president Joe Biden will address the Irish parliament on Thursday as his visit to the island of Ireland continues with a series of official engagements in Dublin. Before his address to both […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A plan to lay solar panels down railway tracks like a carpet to generate electricity appears to have a number of flaws, the UK’s Department for Transport has said. Transport minister Baroness Vere […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Angela Rayner has hinted at tax hikes for the rich if Labour wins the next general election. The party’s deputy leader criticised Rishi Sunak for offering tax breaks to the wealthiest while “pushing […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has said denied “targeting” Rishi Sunak’s wife as he again defended the Labour Party’s highly controversial online attack adverts. The Labour leader claimed the ads – the latest which specifically […] More
