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 laid out controversial plans to house more than 500 migrants on a barge off the coast of Dorset. The Home Office said the three-storey Bibby Stockholm would be berthed in […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Tory councillor in Suella Braverman’s new constituency would “struggle” to campaign for the home secretary if she wins the nomination. Caroline Brook said she “disagrees fundamentally” with Ms Braverman and would find […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Former SNP chief executive, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the party. Police Scotland said a 58-year-old man – understood to be […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rivers cannot be restored to their highest ecological status without reversing the Industrial Revolution, Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has said. Speaking at the launch of the government’s Plan for Water, Ms Coffey said the River […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, has been arrested in connection with a Police Scotland investigation into party finances. The probe into £660,000 raised specifically for Scottish independence campaigning was launched after […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email UK government ministers hold meetings with climate deniers “all the time”, a government spokesperson has said. The admission comes after it emerged that business secretary Kemi Badenoch dined with lobbyists from a controversial […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Cross-party groups formed by MPs and peers should be banned from receiving funding from foreign governments amid security concerns, a Commons watchdog has said. New rules must be adopted to prevent hostile states […] 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 has been rebuked by the UK’s official statistics watchdog for making false claims about the backlog of claims made by asylum seekers. The prime minister had told parliament in December that […] More
