Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Chancellor Jeremy Hunt faces a troubling economic backdrop when he delivers his Autumn Statement to the country on Wednesday. Economic forecasts show that growth is stagnant and Britain is teetering on the edge […] 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 been accused of trying to “punish” disabled people while offering tax cuts the Conservatives hope will turn around their electoral fortunes. The chancellor is preparing to use the autumn statement […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Britain’s pandemic plans before Covid struck were “not particularly helpful” and would have been “woefully deficient” for even a flu pandemic, England’s chief medical officer has said. Many have suggested that issues early […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The national living wage is to increase to more than £11 an hour from next April, Jeremy Hunthas announced. The chancellor said move would “end low pay in this country” as he said […] More
Boris Johnson was bamboozled by the pandemic, Patrick Vallance says More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Dutch political leaders sought support from undecided voters in frantic campaigning Tuesday, on the eve of a general election that will change the face of the country’s politics after 13 years of leadership […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has hit back at criticism from a United Nations expert over long sentences handed to two Just Stop Oil protesters. The prime minister has said it was “entirely right” to hand […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Slovakia’s new government, led by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico who ended the country’s military aid for Ukraine, won a mandatory confidence vote in Parliament on Tuesday. Of the 143 lawmakers present in […] More
