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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 More than 50 criminal investigations have started into suspected fraud linked to Covid-19 support schemes, according to Jeremy Hunt. The Chancellor added that a total of 80 arrests have been made so far […] More
A woman was shocked to find out that David Cameron was back in government – when she was stopped in the street by a news reporter.Paul McNamara, Channel 4’s senior political correspondent, was on the streets of Dudley, West Midlands, gauging the public opinion on Mr Cameron’s return to the cabinet.“He’s back? What are you on about?” the shocked woman says, when told he has taken up the position of foreign secretary.“You’re joking!” she then cries, and when the reporter tells her he isn’t, she turns her head away.The reporter concludes their exchange by asking the woman if she’s “glad” he’s back.“Not really, no,” she responds. 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 has dumped Suella Braverman’s plan to restrict tents being handed out to homeless people on the streets. No 10 confirmed that the controversial proposal by the former home secretary – sacked […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Senior Labour figure Rachel Reeves has urged Israel to show greater “restraint” in Gaza, as the party prepares for an awkward vote on a ceasefire in parliament. Sir Keir Starmer continues to come […] More
Rishi Sunak was seen laughing and joking as he held the first meeting with his new cabinet meeting following Monday’s reshuffle.The prime minister promised “big, bold decisions that will drive change” as he gathered his top team, following the dramatic reshuffle that saw David Cameron appointed foreign secretary and Suella Braverman sacked.“Good morning everyone, welcome. An especially warm welcome to those for whom it is their first cabinet and also welcome to those whom it may not be their first time,” Mr Sunak joked as he began the meeting, drawing laughs from others in the room. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A flagship EU law intended to push European companies toward net zero faces being seriously weakened by member states, a confidential document passed to The Associated Press reveals, with firms seemingly no longer […] More
Lord David Cameron entered Downing Street as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet for the first time on Tuesday, 14 November.In Monday’s dramatic reshuffle after Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary, the prime minister gave the former Conservative leader a peerage to bring him back from political wilderness.Lord Cameron was back around the cabinet table on Tuesday for the first time since he stood down as prime minister and quit as an MP after losing the Brexit referendum in 2016.Former minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns submitted a letter of no confidence in Mr Sunak as a result of the decision. More
Sir Iain Duncan Smith questioned Lord David Cameron’s appointment by Rishi Sunak as foreign secretary as “it appears he’s being paid by the Chinese government to promote certain things.”Speaking to GB News on Monday (13 November), the Conservative party leader said he had “concerns” about Lord Cameron, before recalling how he was sanctioned by China in 2021 for what it said were “lies and disinformation” about alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang.Under Lord Cameron’s leadership there was a “golden era” of UK-China cooperation, something Mr Sunak described as “naive” last year following growing tensions with Beijing. More
