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    Should Britain have closer ties with the EU? Have your say as France and Germany plot ‘inner circle’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Should Britain have closer ties with the EU? France and Germany are pushing plans to offer Britain and other European countries “associate membership” of the EU in a move that could rebuild Britain’s […] More

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    Pupils ‘prefer portacabins to classrooms’, education secretary claims

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Gillian Keegan has claimed pupils “petitioned” her to stay in portacabins because “they preferred them to the classroom” – as many have been forced into temporary facilities by the crumbling concrete crisis engulfing […] More

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    China invited to Sunak’s AI summit despite Westminster spy row

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email China has been invited to attend Rishi Sunak’s flagship summit on artificial intelligence (AI) despite tensions with Beijing. Relations with China have been strained by a series of security rows, including the arrest […] More

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    UK now spending £8m a day housing migrants in hotels

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The cost of housing asylum seekers has hit £8m a day, the Home Office has revealed, totalling more than £3bn a year. The figure, in the department’s annual report, is a significant increase […] More

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    Watch as Gillian Keegan takes questions in parliament on crumbling concrete in schools

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, takes questions in parliament on schools affected by crumbling concrete and the impact on children’s learning. The number of education settings in England where collapse-risk concrete […] More

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    Government outlines plan to crack down on NHS staff strikes

    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 government has revealed its plan to crack down on NHS strikes by forcing some doctors and nurses to work during future industrial action. Health secretary Steve Barclay is proposing strict “minimum […] More

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    Police aren’t paid to ‘dance with drag queens’, says Suella Braverman in attack on ‘woke’ policing

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Police officials are not paid to “dance with drag queens” or “wave flags”, Suella Braverman has said in her latest attack on so-called “woke” policing. The home secretary’s remarks, which appeared to criticise the […] More