Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email An adviser for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has suggested sheep should be banned by all UK farms. Ben Goldsmith, brother of former Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith, said sheep […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The energy price guarantee has been extended for three months, Jeremy Hunt confirmed in his Spring Budget. The average annual household bill will continue to be capped at £2,500 from April to June. […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Chancellor announced 30 hours of free childcare for all under-5s from the moment maternity care ends, where eligible. Jeremy Hunt told the Commons: “I today announce that in eligible households where all […] More
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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Jeremy Hunt faces a backbench Tory rebellion after he announced a rise in corporation tax at Wednesday’s Budget. Influential MPs on the right – including Priti Patel and Simon Clarke – have warned […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Jeremy Hunt has scrapped the lifetime allowance cap on tax-free pensions savings – which stood at £1m – in a major boost for well-off Britons. The chancellor had been expected to increase the tax-free […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Jeremy Hunt said Rishi Sunak’s government would add £11bn to Britain’s defence budget over the next five years. The chancellor used Wednesday’s Budget to set out the extra sum – saying it would bring military […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Science and Technology Secretary has said the public can continue to use TikTok because of the strength of UK data protection laws. Michelle Donelan made the comments while reiterating that the Government […] More
