Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak repeatedly declined to back his home secretary Suella Braverman over the claim that multiculturalism has “failed” in her highly-controversial US speech on immigration. In an apparent snub to the cabinet minister, the PM […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Aftershocks continue to be felt from Suella Braverman’s incendiary speech on immigration. In one of her most controversial remarks, she spoke of ‘an existential challenge for the political and cultural institutions of the […] More
Rishi Sunak blamed the Covid pandemic for Britain’s failing railways as he refused multiple times to rule out scrapping HS2’s northern leg in a series of excruciating interviews.During a round of interviews with local BBC radio hosts, the prime minister said running train services has been “very difficult” because the pandemic made people “stop travelling on the rail network”.“There have obviously been challenges on the rail network more generally, and it’s across the country because of the pandemic,” Mr Sunak said when grilled by BBC York’s Joanita Musisi over why he has “failed the North’s rail passengers so badly”.“It was bad before the pandemic, prime minister,” the presenter replied. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Alok Sharma, the former Cop26 president, recently announced he would stand down at the next general election, saying it had been the “honour” of his life to have served as an MP. Mr […] 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 blamed the pandemic for Britain’s failing railways as he refused 12 times to rule out scrapping HS2’s northern leg in a series of excrutiating interviews. The prime minister said Covid-19 […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Private schools would retain some of their tax breaks under a Labour government, after party chiefs backed down on their pledge to strip such schools of charitable status. The party has planned – […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Elton John has accused Suella Braverman of comments which risk“legitimising hate and violence” as he and Sir Ian McKellen led a fierce backlash against her controversial remarks about gay asylum seekers. Senior […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The boss of the firm building HS2’s new London station has delivered an outspoken attack on Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt amid concern plan could be abandoned. Mark Reynolds, chief executive of the […] More
