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    Watch as Sunak discusses Autumn Statement during London school visit

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch as Rishi Sunak gives a speech in London on Monday 20 November. The prime minister painted a more positive picture of the economy ahead of the autumn statement on Wednesday, which Jeremy […] More

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    UK spending £1.5m on minibuses and electric vehicles for Albania prisons

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Thirty-seven minibuses and electric vehicles have been provided to Albania by the Government at a cost of £1.5 million, as part of a recent deal to return Albanian prisoners. The arrangement, announced in […] More

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    Rishi Sunak faces cabinet split over Rwanda deportation Plan B

    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 a cabinet revolt over his Rwanda migration plan as calls grow for Britain to opt out of European human rights laws. The prime minister is said to be under […] More

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    Jeremy Hunt insists ‘phenomenal’ Rishi Sunak will save failed Rwanda plan

    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 has said “phenomenal” Rishi Sunak will find a way of saving his Rwanda deportation plan without leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). The sacked home secretary Suella Braverman […] More

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    Jeremy Hunt says there’s ‘too much negativity’ about Britain’s economy as he fails to rule out shock income tax cut

    Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said there is “too much negativity” surrounding Britain’s economy, as he failed to rule out a shock income tax cut.Appearing on BBC One – Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Hunt said: “There is too much negativity about the British economy. There is a sort of defeatism. Actually, when you look at it, there’s a lot going for it. For example, the sector that is going to define all of us in the next 20 years, is the technology sector. “We have just become the third largest in the world after the United States and China. That is going to be a tremendous strength going forward for the UK.” More