Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email An “agreement across nations” on the safe use of artificial intelligence will be a key aim of the UK’s AI Safety Summit, the Technology Secretary has said. Michelle Donelan said she hoped the […] More
Andy Burnham has urged Rishi Sunak to avoid scrapping HS2, warning that the decision would leave the north of England with “Victorian infrastructure”.Speaking on Monday morning (25 September), the mayor of Greater Manchester questioned why those living in the region are treated as “second-class citizens”.“We need new north-south rail lines and we need new east-west rail lines, London has never been forced to choose between those two things,” Mr Burnham said.“London gets everything. Why should we always be forced to choose? Why should the public here always be treated as second-class citizens?” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Scrapping the northern extension of HS2 would be a “gross act of vandalism”, George Osborne and Michael Heseltine have warned. The former chancellor and former deputy prime minister have told Rishi Sunak that […] 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 The leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey said he will drop a key pledge to put a penny on income tax to […] 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 reportedly considering axing 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
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email On Wednesday 13 September, The Independent revealed top-level talks were taking place between Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt about whether to scrap parts of the high-speed rail project HS2. The much-delayed and overbudget […] 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 The Liberal Democrats have become the first major political party to adopt an early version of its manifesto for a general election expected next […] 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 Democrats are calling on the Government to triple tax for social media firms to fund a dedicated mental health professional in every school in England. The policy would see the 2% […] More
