Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A British spy who was sent by MI6 to a jihadist on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, went on to kill his own child, a shock new report has revealed. The unnamed […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The government will consider calls to ban new drivers under the age of 25 from carrying young passengers as part of a “graduated driving licence” scheme. One in five drivers crash within a […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Deputy Prime Minister has denied that the national alert system being tested on Sunday is an example of nanny state interference. Oliver Dowden conceded the loud alarm that is due to ring […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Detectives investigating SNP finances are said to be searching for sim cards from “burner” mobile phones that are often used to stay anonymous. Police Scotland officers want to examine information from sim cards […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The public have been assured they can “simply swipe away” a test of a new public alert system when it emits a loud alarm on millions of phones on Sunday. Oliver Dowden, the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Bullying of civil servants in Whitehall is set to worsen after the “farce” of Dominic Raab’s departure from government, experts have warned. Officials will be deterred from filing formal complaints against other ministers […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The BBC risked a fresh impartiality row after a radio presenter was overheard saying “I like Wes Streeting” during a broadcast. The presenter, apparently unaware that his mic was still on, made the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Dominic Raab is wrong to claim “activist” civil servants are trying to thwart ministers, a former leading mandarin has warned. Mr Raab was forced to resign as deputy prime minister after a report […] More
