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Labour Party conference – live: Keir Starmer to promise ‘decade of national renewal’ in key conference speech
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Rishi Sunak insists ‘terrorism will not prevail’ as he pledges support to Israel after Gaza attacks
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 condemned the “horrific violence” unleashed by Hamas on the people of Israel, insisting “terrorism will not prevail”. The prime minister hailed Britain’s “solidarity” with the people of Israel, days after […] More
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Rishi Sunak admits list of HS2 replacement projects just ‘illustrative’ and not pledges
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 admitted that some of the promised transport projects he said would get money from cancelling HS2 were only “illustrative” and not meant as pledges. There has been widespread criticism of […] More
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Just 9% of British voters think Brexit has gone well, poll finds
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Fewer than one in 10 British voters think Brexit has gone well, a new study has found. Research by the think-tank UK in a […] More
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Sunak squirms as he’s forced to deny ‘desperate’ attempt to overshadow Labour conference
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak was forced to deny making a “desperate” attempt to interrupt the Labour conference, as he also faced an awkward grilling by voters in the East Midlands. The PM was accused of […] More
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Rachel Reeves says Liz Truss ‘still leads Tory party despite being out of Downing Street’
Rachel Reeves claimed that Liz Truss “is still leading the Conservative Party” despite “being out of Downing Street”.The shadow chancellor took aim at the former prime minister as she made a speech at Labour conference in Liverpool on Monday 9 October.“I’m telling us what we already know, Liz Truss might be out of Downing Street, but she is still leading the Conservative Party,” Ms Reeves said.She went on to say that the “one sensible thing” the Tories announced last week was a phased smoking ban, before joking that the government won’t have any cigarette packets left to write their other policies on. More
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Working class voters fleeing Tories under Rishi Sunak, poll finds
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Working-class Britons who helped Boris Johnson and the Conservatives win the last general election have been fleeing the party under Rishi Sunak, according to new polling. Less than half (44 per cent) of […] More
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Labour accuse Conservatives of alienating business with Trump-like ‘internet conspiracy theories’
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Conservative cabinet ministers spouting Trump-like conspiracy theories are alienating business, the shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said. The Labour frontbencher said Britain needed the “best of government” to tackle the big issues […] More
