Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The government spent £3.5bn of aid money on supporting refugees and asylum seekers already in the UK last year – one third of Britain’s entire annual budget – while allowing hotel costs to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tents would be “perfectly acceptable” to house migrants while they wait to be removed from the UK, according to a Conservative former minister. Jonathan Gullis tabled an amendment to the Illegal Migration Bill […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Richard Sharp’s appointment as BBC chair “shouldn’t stand”, the corporation’s former general director John Birt has said. The BBC grandee attacked the process that saw the Tory donor given the top job without […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Kate Forbes is set to leave the Scottish government after finishing second in the SNP leadership race. Ms Forbes is believed to have been offered the rural affairs job by new first minister […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Children cannot be exempted from plans to detain people who cross the Channel in small boats to prevent the creation of a “pull factor”, Rishi Sunak has argued. The Prime Minister told MPs […] More
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 Boris Johnson allies will hold a political conference this spring aimed at “taking back control” of the Conservative Party. The Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO), […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email School exams in England could be disrupted by a further wave teachers’ strikes after union leaders recommended rejecting an “insulting” pay offer from the government. National Education Union (NEU) co-leader Mary Bousted has […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch live as Rishi Sunak faces questioning by the Liaison Committee on Tuesday, 28 March. Chaired by Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin, the panel will ask the prime minister about the Budget and […] More
