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Jeremy Hunt distanced himself from Suella Braverman’s comments accusing police of bias over a pro-Palestine protest due to take place on Armistice Day.Rishi Sunak faces calls to sack the home secretary after she wrote an article accusing officers of playing favorites over the march.Downing Street says it is investigating after its demands for changes to the piece were ignored.“The words that she used are not words that I myself would have used,” the chancellor said on Friday.“I have a productive relationship with her as a colleague and I have always given her the money that she needs to fund police.” More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has been warned by George Osborne that he risks looking weak unless he sacks Suella Braverman, after an extraordinary row erupted over the home secretary’s incendiary claim that the police are […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Northern Irish officials across the political divide have hit out at Suella Braverman for her apparent comparisons between the pro-Palestine demos and the Orange Order marches. The home secretary wrote an op-ed for […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Government favoured global agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) rather than new domestic laws because it could not wait a whole year for legislation to pass, Michelle Donelan has claimed. The Science Secretary […] More

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Nadine Dorries has said the Government needs a “kick in the pants”.The former Conservative minister said she agrees with ex-prime minister Boris Johnson that the Tories are “drifting into defeat” under Rishi Sunak.Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Dorries said: “When Boris Johnson was elected in 2019, he had the biggest majority. He got a bigger vote share than Tony Blair in 1997. People were inspired to go out and vote for him. “Is that King’s Speech, what we are doing now, going to ignite people? Does the Government need a kick in the pants? It absolutely does.” More

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has lost the support of the Conservative Party following her Met Police bias comment, Shadow MP Chris Bryant has claimed.Ms. Braverman accused the Metropolitan Police of “playing favourites” by allowing a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day to go ahead.Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr Bryant said: “The fact that only two Conservative MPs have shown up today to defend the Home Secretary shows she has already lost the support of the house.”He added: “There is no place for hate on our streets and in the Home Office as well. she is the one inciting hatred in this country.” More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email After much speculation, Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he’s considering running for London mayor. The former Labour leader – blocked from standing for the party at the next general election – has previously refused […] More