Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The BBC’s Mishal Husain was in another testy exchange with a Cabinet minister today over the Israel-Hamas war. She interrupted Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell after he supported Israel, saying it had suffered […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior cabinet ministers Grant Shapps and Oliver Dowden have faced a backlash after they were spotted laughing in the Commons as Rishi Sunak addressed Hamas’s “pogrom” in Israel. The defence secretary and deputy […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Defeated New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Tuesday he will continue to lead his liberal Labour Party — for now, at least — despite its big election loss over the weekend. “I’ve […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Andrew Bridgen has reported a fellow MP to parliamentary authorities for allegedly slapping him on the back of the head and calling him a “bastard”. Mr Bridgen, who joined the Reclaim Party after […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Low-level offenders are to be spared jail and made to do community service in a bid to free up space in prisons, the government has announced. Amid warnings that there is simply no […] More
MPs paid tribute to victims of the Israel-Hamas conflict by holding a minute’s silence in parliament on Monday, 16 October.In a speech in the House of Commons, Rishi Sunak said that at least six Britons were killed in Hamas’s “pogrom” in Israel and a further 10 are missing.The prime minister added that the UK must “support absolutely Israel’s right to defend itself” and called for the immediate release of the around 200 hostages taken by the militant group.Mr Sunak also said that Palestinian people are “victims of Hamas too” as he announced an extra £10 million of aid funding. More
Sir Keir Starmer called for a “two-state solution” to the Israel-Hamas conflict during a speech in parliament on Monday, 16 October.The Labour leader appealed for a “Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel” as MPs returned to the Commons following party conferences.”We cannot let Hamas brutality be a catalyst for conflict in the wider region. Engagement between Israel and Arab nations must be strengthened not abandoned,” Sir Keir added.Rishi Sunak “affirmed that the UK continues to support a two-state solution” during a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of Palestinian National Authority, Downing Street said. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tory MP Peter Bone could be banned from parliament for six weeks after he was found to have indecently exposed himself to a staff member and trapped him in the bathroom of a […] More
