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    Government orders extremism crackdown as minister says some Palestine activists ‘inciting hate’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s government is reviewing the definition of extremism in a move that could allow councils and police forces to cut off funding to charities and religious groups found to have aired hateful views. Levelling […] More

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    Ministers review extremism label as police arrest protesters for ‘hate crimes’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s government is reviewing the definition of extremism in a move that could allow councils and police forces to cut off funding to charities and religious groups found to have aired hateful views. Levelling […] More

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    Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf says his family in Gaza are alive after losing contact with them

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Scotland’s first minister has said his family in Gaza are alive after sharing he had lost contact with them amid Israeli bombardment. The family of Humza Yousaf’s wife, Nadia El-Nakla, are stuck in […] More

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    Tory minister spotted out campaigning with suspended MP Peter Bone

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A Conservative minister has been photographed campaigning with former Tory MP Peter Bone –suspended from the Commons after a probe found he had engaged in bullying and sexual misconduct. Tom Pursglove – a […] More

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    Policing minister urges forces to double use of facial recognition software

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Police are being encouraged to double their use of retrospective facial recognition software to track down offenders over the next six months. Policing minister […] More

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    SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan defects to Salmond’s Alba Party

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The SNP politician who came third in the party’s recent leadership contest has defected to Alex Salmond’s rival nationalists Alba. Ash Regan said she had become fed up with the SNP’s strategy to […] More

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    Brexit blamed for £850m fall in UK beauty exports

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Britain’s beauty industry has suffered a £850m slump in exports to the EU since Brexit, according to top economists. Experts said the sector had […] More