For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Rishi Sunak’s government has been accused of “rushing” the rescue deal for Tata Steel which will pump up to £500m into the company while leaving as many as […] 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’s government has revealed that 80 prison officers failed to show up for work at HMP Wandsworth on the day terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife allegedly escaped from the jail. Nearly four […] More
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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservatives’ candidate for London mayor Susan Hall liked a tweet praising Enoch Powell and describing Sadiq Khan as a “traitor rat”. Ms Hall liked an image of the notorious anti-immigration politician, a […] 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 is facing growing anger over fresh delays to promised reforms to protect renters and a ban on conversion therapy amid internal squabbles. Michael Gove’s renters’ reform bill, which would end “no-fault” […] More
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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email An MP who compared Covid vaccines to the Holocaust has been charging taxpayers for Twitter premium, The Independent can reveal. Andrew Bridgen, the outspoken North West Leicestershire MP who was kicked out of […] More
