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    Civil service chief ‘accused Boris Johnson of lying’ over Partygate

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The civil service chief Simon Case accused Boris Johnson of lying during the Partygate scandal, according to a new book about the former Tory prime minister’s tumultuous time at No 10. The cabinet secretary’s […] More

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    ‘The next pandemic is coming and we’re not ready’, top scientists warn

    Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email The UK is not ready for the next global pandemic because public services are being dismantled and key research is being defunded, experts have claimed. More than three years after the global […] More

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    Labour left abandons Diane Abbott in antisemitism row

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Diane Abbott has been condemned by her own wing of the Labour party as she is engulfed in an antisemitism row after claiming Jewish people are not subjected to racism. The left-wing MP […] More

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    Review announced into why some mobile phones did not receive UK test alert

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A review will be conducted to find out why some mobile phones did not receive the test of a new national emergency alert system on Sunday. The Cabinet Office said the “vast majority […] More

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    MPs demand: Cut funding of apprenticeships for City high-flyers

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The taxpayer-funded apprenticeships scheme should be overhauled to focus on young people at the start of their careers, instead of millions being spent on courses for senior executives, MPs will warn in the […] More

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    Dominic Raab faces push to remove him as MP ahead of general election

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Parliament’s anti-sleaze watchdog is facing calls to open a new inquiry into Dominic Raab’s behaviour, as a campaign is launched to oust the former deputy MP from his seat in Surrey. A new […] More