Treasury officials under Jeremy Hunt “broke the law” by failing to report a black hole in the public finances to the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR), MPs have been told. Richard Hughes, chair of the watchdog, made the accusation to the Commons Treasury select committee during a hearing on theContinue Reading
Robert Jenrick used his first outing as shadow justice secretary to inflame anger over the Southport murders which sparked riots across England during the summer. After a leadership campaign where Mr Jenrick pitched himelf as the champion of the Tory right, Mr Jenrick appeared to give credence to conspiracy theoriesContinue Reading
Kemi Badenoch has appointed a cross-party shadow cabinet in a bid to reunite the Conservatives after a fractious leadership campaign. The newly-elected party leader unveiled her top team on Tuesday morning ahead of its first meeting. The top jobs were split between One Nation moderates, Boris Johnson-backing right-wingers and thoseContinue Reading
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met with Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney last month (Andy Buchanan/PA) (PA Wire) Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed calls for immigration powers toContinue Reading
Kemi Badenoch is set to make a highly controversial choice in one of the most senior jobs in her shadow cabinet with Dame Priti Patel set to be unveiled as shadow foreign secretary. However, sources close to the new Tory leader have told The Independent that she has “no concerns”Continue Reading
New analysis suggests that the 50 per cent rise in a single bus ticket from £2 to £3 is the equivalent of a 1p income tax hike for working people who rely on public transport to get to work. The figures published by the Lib Dems appear to be aContinue Reading
Kemi Badenoch calls Partygate furore ‘overblown’ in first TV interview as Tory leader Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Robert Jenrick has been named shadow justice secretary in Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s new-look shadowContinue Reading
Since becoming prime minister on 5 July, Sir Keir Starmer has only met with one of the two candidates hoping to be elected president – and it was not with his natural Democrat ally Kamala Harris, but Republican rival Donald Trump. The lack of a meeting between Ms Harris andContinue Reading
Kemi Badenoch calls Partygate furore ‘overblown’ in first TV interview as Tory leader Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The first members of new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet have been named asContinue Reading
Sir James Dyson has condemned Labour’s Budget as “spiteful”, warning her so-called tractor tax will be the “death of entrepreneurship”. The leading British businessman – who employs more than 2,000 people in the UK – claimed that the new government will “kill off home-grown family businesses”, dubbing the changes anContinue Reading
