Domestic abuse specialists will work in 999 control rooms under a new ‘Raneem’s Law’, Yvette Cooper has announced. New emergency restraining orders will also give victims greater protection, the home secretary said. It comes as part of government plans to strengthen the police’s fight against violence towards women. The IndependentContinue Reading
Nigel Farage is at the centre of a row after he claimed security concerns had prevented him from holding surgeries in his new Essex constituency. Before he was elected to Westminster, the Reform UK leader famously asked: “Do I want to be an MP? Do I want to spend every Friday for theContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that he is “completely in control” of his own government as the prime minister heads to his party conference with questions over the power of his chief of staff Sue Gray. A beleaguered prime minister gave a round of interviews with regional broadcasters ahead ofContinue Reading
Farage says there’s some truth in Trump’s claim Haitian migrants are eating pets Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Nigel Farage has denied fuelling the Southport riotsContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has been given the use of a corporate box by Arsenal football club worth thousands of pounds, it has been reported, amid the ongoing row over the prime minister’s donations. The PM – a season ticket holder and an avid supporter of the team – used theContinue Reading
The accounts of several British politicians and organisations around the world have been hacked on X. On Wednesday evening, the accounts of a number of MPs including Shabana Mahmood, the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Chris Elmore, Labour MP for Bridgend and Porthcawl and Carolyn Harris, Labour MP for NeathContinue Reading
The attorney general is coming under pressure to ask for a legal review of the suspended sentence handed to former BBC presenter Huw Edwards. Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has told The Independent that he is writing to Richard Hermer asking him to appeal the six-month suspended sentence forContinue Reading
Wes Streeting has vowed to fight “loud opposition” to his health reforms on both the left and the right of politics as he warned the future of the NHS was at stake. But the health secretary said that when it came to improving the nation’s lifestyles he wanted to make changes “with”Continue Reading
Wes Streeting has praised The Independent’s reporting on a children’s hospital where staff allegedly physically abused patients by dragging them by the feet, saying that the exposé was “truly shocking”. Joyce Parker Hospital, a children’s mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care in Coventry, will now close following theContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff received a pay rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the prime minister. Sue Gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 – £3,000 more than the PM and more than any cabinet minister – or herContinue Reading
