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    SNP leader’s wife says family injured in Gaza drone attack

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The wife of SNP and Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf said three of her young cousins in Gaza were injured in an Israeli drone strike. Nadia El-Nakla said her two-year-old cousin received the worst […] More

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    Watch as Rishi Sunak faces Keir Starmer at PMQs amid backdrop of Gaza crisis

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer go head-to-head in the House of Commons, as Prime Minister’s Questions returns on Wednesday 18 October. Parliament is back to business as party conference season […] More

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    MI5 warns of sharp rise in foreign states trying to steal secrets from UK firms

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email MI5 is warning businesses to protect themselves against Chinese hackers amid a “sharp rise” in aggressive action by foreign powers. Those involved in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and synthetic […] More

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    Leaked Tory memo reveals fears party will lose half of vote share in key by-elections

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservatives expect to lose half their vote share at two upcoming parliamentary by-elections this month, a leaked internal memo suggests. The document, written for the Tory Party chairman Greg Hands, cites canvassing […] More

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    Watch: Committee questions Foreign Office minister on Israel evacuations

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as the foreign affairs committee questions Foreign Office minister Lord Ahmad on Tuesday 17 Setember. Discussions are likely to include the government’s efforts to evacuate citizens from Israel, in a week that […] More

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    Labour councillors quit in protest over Keir Starmer’s Israel stance

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Several Labour councillors have quit the party in protest over Sir Keir Starmer’s stance on Israel’s planned invasion of Gaza – including the first Arab Muslim woman on Manchester City Council. Amna Abdullatif […] More