Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email If ever the hard right in Europe needed a set of jumper cables to rev up their electoral engine again in the wake of last month’s major setback in Poland, Geert Wilders in […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour is urging Rishi Sunak to probe the tax affairs of his new foreign secretary David Cameron after fresh questions arose about his time at finance firm Greensill Capital. Tax officials at HMRC […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Hungary is set to receive 900 million euros ($981 million) in European Union money, the EU’s executive arm said Thursday, despite the Hungarian prime minister’s attempts to scupper the bloc’s support for Ukraine. […] More
Lord Cameron visited Israel on Thursday 23 November, following the announcement of a truce in the war with Hamas.The foreign secretary arrived amid uncertainty about when the pause in the fighting will begin, as an agreement for a four-day ceasefire in Gaza appears to have hit a last-minute snag.A senior Israeli official said it would not take effect before Friday, a day later than originally expected.The deal will see the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, with Palestinian prisoners expected to be freed by Tel Aviv.The lull in the fighting is also expected to clear the way for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza to ease the suffering of citizens who have been bombarded and besieged by Israel following the 7 October Hamas attack. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge victory in Dutch elections, according to a near complete count of the vote early Thursday, in a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The British government should not go ahead with plans to amend the law against glorifying terrorism following pro-Palestine marches in which thousands had participated, a government adviser has warned. Jonathan Hall KC, the […] More
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been compared to Oliver Twist’s Fagin after the autumn Budget.Sky News presenter Kaye Burley told Mr Hunt: “I heard you described this morning, by somebody I was coming in, as a 21st Century Fagin, picking pockets where you went.”Mr Hunt smiles and explains that the taxes he has brought down are the ones that are going to help “businesses grow” and that will “increase long-term prosperity”.The chancellor was heckled yesterday (Wednesday 22 November), as he announced a new crackdown on welfare payments as part of his 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 Three New Zealand political leaders on Thursday said they have reached an agreement to form the next government, pending a final signoff from their parties which they expected within hours. The three party […] More
