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    Dominic Cummings acted as prime minister ‘in all but name’, Sajid Javid tells Covid inquiry

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Dominic Cummings acted as prime minister “in all but name” and was the driving force behind key decisions during the pandemic, Sajid Javid has told the Covid inquiry. In an incendiary attack on […] More

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    Lindsay Hoyle warns MPs not to visit other constituencies without giving notice

    Sir Lindsay Hoyle issued a warning to MPs before Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 29 November, not to visit each other’s constituencies on official business without giving notice.Without naming any specific MPs, the Speaker warned “colleagues in Lancashire” to “think about when they are going to others and just to let people know when you are going there. I believe this did not happen.”The House of Commons Members and Constituency Etiquette states that MPs intending to visit another constituency, other than on a purely private or personal matter, should inform the relevant colleague – failing to do so is “regarded as very discourteous.” More

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    Covid inquiry: Sajid Javid says Dominic Cummings acted as prime minister ‘in all but name’

    Dominic Cummings acted as prime minister in “all but name” during his time as Boris Johnson’s chief adviser, Sajid Javid has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.Mr Javid said he resigned as chancellor in February 2020 because Mr Cummings made “many key decisions” on behalf of the former prime minister.“I felt that the elected prime minister was not in charge of what was happening in his name and was largely content with Mr Cummings running the government,” he told the inquiry on Wednesday 29 November.The inquiry was also shown a diary entry by former chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, in which he accused Mr Javid – the former health secretary – of “making policy on the hoof”. More

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    James Cleverly says other countries lining up to strike Rwanda-style deals – if it works

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email James Cleverly has told MPs more countries ready to take asylum seekers from the UK – so longer as the government’s Rwanda plan succeeds. The home secretary said Rishi Sunak’s ministers have held […] More

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    Watch live: Jeremy Hunt grilled by Treasury committee as Britain to suffer highest inflation in G7

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch live as Jeremy Hunt is questioned by the Treasury Committee on Wednesday, 29 November, after a major international forecast showed that Britain is set to suffer the highest inflation and the second-slowest […] More

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    PMQs: Starmer accuses Sunak of ‘losing his marbles’ in Greek artifact jibe

    Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of “losing his marbles” in a Greek artifact jibe during Prime Minister’s Questions.In his opening remarks, Starmer joked:” In an effort to hide from his failures, the Prime Minister spent this week arguing about an ancient relic that only a tiny minority of the British public have any interest in – Mr Speaker, that’s enough about the Tory Party.”Starmer added: “Never mind the British Museum – it’s the prime minister who has obviously lost his marbles”. A diplomatic row over the sculptures was triggered when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled Tuesday’s planned meeting with Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis. More

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    Blow for Rishi Sunak as UK to have second-slowest growth in G7

    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 suffered a major blow as a major international forecast showed that Britain is set to suffer the highest inflation and the second-slowest growth rate in the G7. The Organisation of […] More