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    Bill to crack down on big tech, fake reviews and subscription traps

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A regulator is to police the “excessive dominance” of big technology platforms with the power to fine them up to 10% of their global turnover under new legislation. The Digital Markets Unit (DMU), […] More

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    UK troops fly to Sudan as officials work on evacuation plan for Britons

    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 British troops have flown into eastern Sudan as officials consider “every possible option” to evacuate thousands of UK nationals stranded in the wartorn country, with some saying they […] More

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    MPs debate consequences of Brexit for first time

    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 MPs have debated the consequences of Brexit for the first time since Britain left the European Union – with critics arguing it has been […] More

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    Tory MP caught in gambling industry lobbying sting hit by second investigation

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Conservative MP who was caught on camera allegedly offering to lobby in exchange for money is facing a second investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog. Scott Benton had the Tory whip suspended earlier […] More

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    Rishi Sunak now investigated on two fronts by ethics watchdog over wife’s childcare shares row

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is facing an expanded investigation into his possible failure to declare the shares his wife holds in a childcare agency boosted by the Budget. The parliamentary commissioner for standards, Daniel Greenberg, […] More

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    Keir Starmer ‘utterly condemns’ Diane Abbott’s comments as he vows to ‘tear out antisemitism by its roots’

    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 he “utterly condemns” Diane Abbott’s comments on racism as he vowed to “tear out antisemitism” from the “roots” of the Labour party. The Labour leader acknowledged the racist […] More

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    Serbian leader lashes out at the West over Kosovo vote

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Serbian president on Monday sharply criticized Western officials who are mediating talks on normalizing ties with Kosovo, calling them liars and fraudsters, and said the Serb minority in the former Serbian province […] More