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 hit back at criticism from a United Nations expert over long sentences handed to two Just Stop Oil protesters. The prime minister has said it was “entirely right” to hand […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Slovakia’s new government, led by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico who ended the country’s military aid for Ukraine, won a mandatory confidence vote in Parliament on Tuesday. Of the 143 lawmakers present in […] 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 threaten to cut benefit payments to hundreds of thousands of people with mobility and mental-health problems unless they find work they can do from home. The prime minister will tell […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Electric vehicle (EV) battery production must be incentivised to prevent the decline of the UK car industry, MPs warned. A report by the cross-party Business and Trade Committee stated that hundreds of thousands […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Finland’s prime minister on Monday said the country may need to take further actions on its border with Russia after closing four border crossings in an attempt to stem a recent increase in […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as David Cameron closes the Global Food Security Summit on Monday, 20 November, after being introduced to the House of Lords following his appointment as foreign secretary. The gathering was hoped to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Chancellor Jeremy Hunt faces a troubling economic backdrop when he delivers his Autumn Statement to the country on Wednesday. Economic forecasts show that growth is stagnant and Britain is teetering on the edge […] More
David Cameron was introduced to the House of Lords on Monday 20 November, following his appointment as foreign secretary.He will be known as Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, as the territorial designation for his peerage was confirmed last week.The former prime minister was elevated to the House of Lords after being appointed to cabinet by Rishi Sunak, marking a remarkable return to frontline politics seven years after he resigned in the wake of the Brexit referendum.Lord Cameron’s new title reflects his long-held ties to the Cotswold town of Chipping Norton, which lies within his former Witney constituency. More
