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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 Politicians need to consider whether the United Nations Refugee Convention is still “fit for our modern age”, Suella Braverman is set to say during a visit to the US. The home secretary will question whether […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Liberal Democrat leadership suffered a blow as they were defied by the majority of their membership at the party’s annual conference with a vote to retain national housing targets as policy. Former […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Ed Davey has said rejoining the EU is a “long-term thing” but is not currently on the table — as Liberal Democrat tensions grow about Brexit. The Lib Dem leader said he […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email An “agreement across nations” on the safe use of artificial intelligence will be a key aim of the UK’s AI Safety Summit, the Technology Secretary has said. Michelle Donelan said she hoped the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Scrapping the northern extension of HS2 would be a “gross act of vandalism”, George Osborne and Michael Heseltine have warned. The former chancellor and former deputy prime minister have told Rishi Sunak that […] More
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 The leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey said he will drop a key pledge to put a penny on income tax to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Prime Minister is reportedly considering axing plans for the HS2 high-speed rail link to run from Birmingham to Manchester amid soaring costs. Critics of such a move include former prime ministers Boris […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email On Wednesday 13 September, The Independent revealed top-level talks were taking place between Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt about whether to scrap parts of the high-speed rail project HS2. The much-delayed and overbudget […] More
