Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Political decision making around lockdowns, travel restrictions and social distancing during the Covid pandemic are set be put under the microscope as the next phase of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry begins. The Government’s […] More
Protesters march through Manchester as Conservative Party annual conference begins More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Around 60 Conservative MPs have now signed up to Liz Truss’s pro-growth group of rebels demanding tax cuts – putting Rishi Sunak’s majority in parliament at risk. The former prime minister drew a […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Grappling with smartphones is one of the “biggest issues” facing teachers, the Education Secretary said as she pushed for devices to be banned in schools. Gillian Keegan said the Government will update its […] More
Liz Truss was questioned by reporters upon her arrival at the Conservative Party conference, with one asking if she was attending to “cause trouble”.The former prime minister delivered a speech at the event on Monday 2 October.As she made her way inside the building, someone was heard shouting: “Didn’t your plan for growth fail Ms Truss? Are you just here to cause trouble?”The same voice then asks her: “Is Rishi Sunak getting it wrong?”During Monday’s speech, Ms Truss bizarrely claimed that we “need more GB News” as she defended the channel. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tougher rules on benefits and a boost to the national living wage will form part of a Tory plan to get more people into work, Jeremy Hunt will say today as the chancellor […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Prime Minister is set to axe plans for the HS2 high-speed rail link to run from Birmingham to Manchester amid soaring costs. Critics of such a move include former prime ministers Boris […] More
Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray was ejected from a Conservative Party Conference event on Monday 2 October, footage shows.Mr Bray – known for his daily protests outside Westminster – was removed from a meeting hosted by the Bruges Group think tank on the fringe of the event in Manchester.“Where’s your Brexit benefits?” he was heard asking as other members of the audience manhandled him.“What a load of bulls***, I’ve never heard so much crap in my life. Brexit is a disaster,” Mr Bray added, as he was being removed from the room. More
