Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The energy secretary has admitted that Rishi Sunak’s flagship energy policy will not bring household bills down. Claire Coutinho was quizzed about the government’s plans to expand North Sea oil and gas exploration, […] 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 described allegations that a Tory MP committed a series of rapes as “very serious” as he urged anyone with evidence of criminal acts to talk to the police. 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 Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson has apologised to a doctor after he made a “misleading” social media post about him. The MP for Ashfield said he wanted to offer his “sincerest apologies” to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A fundraising appeal, set up by a Tory MP and backed by others, has raised money to help a Conservative backbencher who was convicted of racist abuse. On Saturday, Beckenham MP Bob Stewart […] 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 will push forward the expansion of North Sea oil and gas exploration in the King’s Speech – as he widens the divide with Labour over environmental policies. The prime minister will […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The deputy prime minister has denied that the Conservatives covered up a rape allegation against one of their own MPs. But Oliver Dowden said he could not “say for certain” that his party […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The deputy prime minister says he has “grave concerns” over a pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day and says the Metropolitan Police should “consider” whether the protests should go ahead. Oliver Dowden said such […] More
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