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    Watch live: Sunak addresses parliament after British-Israeli death confirmed

    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 Rishi Sunak addresses parliament on Monday, 23 October, after returning from his visit to Israel. The prime minister’s speech comes after he, Joe Biden, and other world leaders stepped up […] More

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    Brexit means UK can be global leader on AI, says Facebook co-founder

    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 Brexit means the UK has the independence to be a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI), according to the co-founder of Facebook. Dustin Moskovitz, […] More

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    Lee Anderson’s GB News interview with Suella Braverman did not break rules, Ofcom says

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The media regulator is refusing to investigate a cosy GB News sit-down between Tory vice-chairman Lee Anderson and home secretary Suella Braverman as it was a “current affairs programme”. Mr Anderson’s interview with […] More

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    Kate Garraway clashes with transport minister on HS2 funds: ‘Address the question’

    Kate Garraway clashed with Mark Harper over the reallocation of HS2 funding after the northern leg of the scheme from Birmingham to Manchester was scrapped.The government has said that £150m of redirected HS2 funding will be used to improve bus services across the North and Midlands next year.“25 million more bus miles this will lead to apparently, 175 million lost in the last five years… so actually you’re 150 million miles down… what are the correct numbers?” the host said.Rishi Sunak, who announced the northern leg had been scrapped weeks after The Independent revealed he held secret talks, has said the reallocation will “[keep] fares down.” More