Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives do not “deserve” to win next year’s general election, a leading Tory donor and peer has warned. Philip Harris, founder of Carpetright, said the party’s behaviour over the past three […] More
Suella Braverman used a speech in the US to say that “simply being gay, or a woman” should not by itself be enough to gain protection under international refugee laws.The home secretary told the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC: “Let me be clear, there are vast swathes of the world where it is extremely difficult to be gay, or to be a woman. Where individuals are being persecuted, it is right that we offer sanctuary.”She added: “But we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if in effect simply being gay, or a woman, and fearful of discrimination in your country of origin is sufficient to qualify for protection.” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch live as Suella Braverman delivers remarks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC on Tuesday 26 September. The home secretary is expected to use the speech to suggest that being discriminated […] More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Rishi Sunak’s government has been handed a boost after EU officials agreed to discuss post-Brexit plans to apply a tariff on electric cars, ahead […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Politicians need to consider whether the United Nations Refugee Convention is still “fit for our modern age”, Suella Braverman is set to say during a visit to the US. The home secretary will question whether […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Liberal Democrat leadership suffered a blow as they were defied by the majority of their membership at the party’s annual conference with a vote to retain national housing targets as policy. Former […] More
Tim Farron was booed by audience members at the Lib Dem conference during a heated debate over housing.The row centres around the party replacing its pledge to build 380,000 new homes a year with a new social housing commitment.In his speech, the former Lib Dem leader criticised what he called “vague” housing targets, arguing that they benefit housing developers rather than people trying to get on to the housing ladder. As he called the amendment to the party’s housing pledge “pure Thatcherism”, he was met with a chorus of boos from members of his own party. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Ed Davey has said rejoining the EU is a “long-term thing” but is not currently on the table — as Liberal Democrat tensions grow about Brexit. The Lib Dem leader said he […] More
