Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A large majority of the British public is opposed to Boris Johnson’s father Stanley receiving a knighthood, with just 14 per cent backing the proposal. Exclusive polling for The Independent by Savanta ComRes […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Government’s promise of an expansion in state-funded childcare has triggered major concern within the sector as it faces funding shortages, a consequent mass exodus of staff, and the resulting closure of nurseries […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email MSPs have been “strongly advised” by parliamentary authorities to remove the controversial social media app TikTok from any devices. The move comes after the UK Government banned the app on government-issued phones amid […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour has unveiled plans for laws to prevent any repeat of the P&O case, when hundreds of workers were sacked on the spot and replaced with cheaper agency workers. On the anniversary of […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A senior Tory MP is being investigated by Parliament’s sleaze watchdog following claims he lobbied the NHS on behalf of a client during the Covid crisis. Steve Brine, chairman of the Commons Health […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Downing Street said the decision to ban TikTok from Government phones was a “prudent and proportionate step” after China criticised the app abolition. Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden on Thursday announced the ban […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Metropolitan Police has “got a problem” that needs to be tackled, Dominic Raab said today as the force was braced for the release of a damning report expected to criticise the Met […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Montenegro is preparing to hold a presidential election this weekend, a vote taking place amid a political stalemate that has stalled the small NATO member’s bid to join the European Union and questions […] More
