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 British public has more confidence in the EU than the UK parliament, a new survey has found in a remarkable turnaround of a […] More
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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak’s government will not lay out its response to rival US and EU green industrial strategies until the autumn, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said. Business leaders are expecting a host of climate and energy […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservatives will not return the whip to Julian Knight due to “further complaints”, after police dropped an investigation into a serious sexual assault allegation against the MP. The Metropolitan Police confirmed their probe is […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior military chiefs and diplomats have condemned threats to deport an Afghan war hero to Rwanda as “farcical” and “appalling”. The Independent revealed this week that the pilot, who served alongside British and […] 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’s wife is a shareholder in a childcare agency that will benefit from a major new policy announced in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent March Budget. The PM did not mention Akshata Murty’s […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The use of barges and cruise ships to house asylum seekers was ruled out by the Treasury while Rishi Sunak was chancellor, The Independent has learned. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick told parliament that […] More
