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    Rishi Sunak was branded ‘Dr Death’ by top government scientist in secret Covid WhatsApp messages

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak was branded “Dr Death” by the government’s own science adviser in WhatsApp messages revealed to the Covid-19 inquiry. In a transcript dating to September 2020 Dame Angela McLean also appeared to […] More

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    Nine British citizens killed in Hamas attack in Israel as number rises

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The number of British people killed in the Hamas terror attack on Israel has risen to nine, Downing Street has confirmed. Another seven Britons in Israel remain missing following the attack which saw […] More

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    Labour urged to protect UK’s genomic sciences from hostile foreign states

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour has been urged to protect research and technology related to human DNA from hostile foreign states if it is elected to government following the next general election. Campaigners have written to the […] More

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    Number of schools and colleges found with crumbling concrete rises by 25 per cent

    Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Rishi Sunak’s government faces a fresh headaches over school buildings at risk of collapse, after another 40 institutions were found to have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac). Education […] More

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    Nigel Farage: ‘I will be Tory leader by 2026’

    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 Nigel Farage has said he could soon be leading the Conservatives, amid speculation that he might be set to re-join Rishi Sunak’s party. The […] More