Chancellor Rachel Reeves described a £500 million private investment by a US firm into a UK research campus as a “real show of confidence in what this Government are doing to grow the economy”. The investment by San Francisco-based developer Prologis, announced days after Labour’s Budget, will fund a 115,000Continue Reading
A top soprano has warned Britain risks losing its entire classical music industry due to post-Brexit red tape blocking UK artists from touring in the EU. Labour’s election manifesto promised to “improve trade and investment relations with the EU… to help our touring artists”, after years of chaos since theContinue Reading
Kemi Badenoch has called for the Tories to “be honest” about their mistakes in government after winning the Tory leadership vote – becoming the first Black leader of a Westminster party. After beating Robert Jenrick in the contest to succeed Rishi Sunak, the former business secretary said the Conservatives needContinue Reading
The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken — and that she’s the one to fix it with smaller government and radical new ideas. The new leader of Britain’s right-of-center Conservative PartyContinue Reading
Moment Kemi Badenoch is announced as new Tory leader to replace Rishi Sunak Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Newly elected Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has admitted the Tories “let standards slip” but vowedContinue Reading
Rachel Reeves is facing a growing backlash over her national insurance hike as GPs, care homes and hospices have called for an exemption from the charge. The chancellor is piling pressure on GPs and the care sector with her increase in the employer rate of national insurance – at aContinue Reading
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is weighing up whether to charge MP Mike Amesbury after CCTV footage emerged which appears to show him punching a man. The MP for Runcorn and Helsby was suspended from the Labour Party on Monday evening after a clip was published by MailOnline in which he is apparently seen hittingContinue Reading
Environment secretary Steve Reed has hit back following a storm of criticism over the government’s plans to extend inheritance tax to family farms, claiming the “vast majority of farmers will not be affected at all”. He blamed “misleading headlines” for the backlash to the tax, saying “only the richest estates”Continue Reading
Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico reacted angrily on Friday after the U.K. ambassador to Bratislava criticized his interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 state-owned television, saying, “Slovakia is not Britain’s colony.” “I don’t know what gives you a right to interfere in my media activities,” Fico said in a videoContinue Reading
Labour’s first Budget does not bear any similarity to that of Liz Truss, a minister has said adding that the country has “got PTSD” from the former PM’s catastrophic mini-Budget as the government seeks to downplay speculation about market turmoil. Asked about market jitters following the Budget, Treasury minister DarrenContinue Reading
