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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 James Cleverly has repeatedly refused to deny that he called Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan “batshit”. The new home secretary said he “doesn’t remember” describing the scheme that way after Yvette Cooper claimed […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A former Supreme Court Justice has slammed Rishi Sunak’s latest plan to save his beleaguered Rwanda scheme as “profoundly discreditable” and said it will not work. Jonathan Sumption said an attempt by ministers […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Expert groups and children’s charities could be allowed to submit super-complaints to Ofcom under the powers of the Online Safety Act. The Government has launched a consultation seeking views on the possibility of […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email It’s been a dramatic week in UK politics, with an explosive cabinet reshuffle, a high-profile sacking and an astonishing political comeback. The departure of home secretary Suella Braverman on Monday was followed swiftly […] More
James Cleverly appeared to forget his new job title of home secretary as he was in the middle of a speech on Thursday, 16 November.The former foreign secretary was speaking at the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and National Police Chiefs Council joint summit when he said: “I want you to feel that you can speak with me and my team at the Foreign… Old habits die hard” as laughter broke out in the audience.It comes after Mr Cleverly insisted ministers are “absolutely determined” to get a removal flight to Rwanda before the next election after the deportation policy was ruled unlawful. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour rebels who quit or were sacked over a rebellion on Gaza could rejoin Keir Starmer’s top team after the election, the shadow defence secretary has suggested. It comes as the party seeks […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour rebels who quit or were sacked over a rebellion on the question of a ceasefire in Gaza could rejoin Sir Keir Starmer’s top team after the election, the shadow defence secretary has […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer suffered a major revolt among his own MPs on Wednesday evening when no fewer than 56, including 10 of his frontbenchers, defied the whip to back a […] More
