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    Downing Street denies AI summit being snubbed by world leaders

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Downing Street has denied Rishi Sunak’s artificial intelligence (AI) summit is being snubbed by world leaders as US President Joe Biden is among those not expected to attend. The Prime Minister hopes the […] More

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    Bombshell week for Boris Johnson as former team prepare for Covid Inquiry

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson is facing a bombshell week as his top advisers from his time as PM are hauled before the official Covid inquiry. The ex-prime minister’s aides including controversial former chief of staff […] More

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    Sunak chairs Cobra meeting as police chief says Israel-Hamas war ‘accelerating’ terror threat

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is chairing an emergency Cobra meeting at No 10 amid fears that the conflict between Hamas and Israel could have increased the terror threat in Britain. The PM has gathered police and national security […] More

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    Watch live: Boris Johnson’s former aides give evidence to Covid inquiry

    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 Boris Johnson’s former aides give evidence to the Covid inquiry on Monday, 29 October. Martin Reynolds, former Principal Private Secretary to the prime minister, Imran Shafi former Private Secretary to […] More

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    Britain’s ‘crumbling’ public services face never-ending crisis, warns think tank

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Britain’s public services are now “crumbling” and face a state of “perpetual” crisis, according to a stark warning from the nation’s leading government think tank. The Institute for Government (IfG) said the UK’s […] More

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    PM plans investment in AI classroom tools to reduce teacher workloads

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Artificial intelligence tools will be rolled out in classrooms across England to help reduce teachers’ workloads, the Prime Minister has said. Rishi Sunak has announced a £2 million investment in new classroom technology, […] More

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    Sunak reveals focus on treating cancer and dementia with £100m AI fund

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A £100 million investment in artificial intelligence will be used to research new treatments for cancer and dementia, the Prime Minister has said. Rishi Sunak said the cash injection would be used to […] More

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    Bangladesh police detain key opposition figure, a day after clashes left one dead and scores injured

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Authorities in Bangladesh detained a key opposition figure of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party which called for a nationwide strike Sunday. This comes a day after clashes — which left at least one policeman […] More