A North Korea-backed cyber group has been accused by the UK, US and South Korea of carrying out an online espionage campaign to steal military and nuclear secrets. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said the Andariel group has been compromising organisations around the world to steal sensitive and classifiedContinue Reading
Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer delivered a speech as a new Great British Energy partnership was launched on Thursday (25 July). The prime minister and energy secretary Ed Miliband have announced the first major partnership between Great British Energy and The Crown Estate to unleash billions of investment inContinue Reading
The Labour government has used flights scheduled to deport migrants under the Tories’ scrapped Rwanda scheme to return failed asylum seekers to Vietnam and Timor-Leste. The Home Office has announced that a charter flight took 46 migrants to the Asian countries on Wednesday. Home secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs thisContinue Reading
Tom Tugendhat has emerged as an early frontrunner in the Tory leadership contest because he has the lowest negative rating with members of the public. According to Savanta, the former security minister has a net rating of -3 with the wider public and +28 with 2024 Tory voters. It comesContinue Reading
Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to rule out Tory comeback from himself or Liz Truss Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tom Tugendhat will challenge James Cleverly and other MPs vying to become the next ToryContinue Reading
Baby of the House Sam Carling addressed his young age as he made his first speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 July, aged 22. The first MP to be born in the 21st Century ousted Conservative Shailesh Vara by just 39 votes to win the seat inContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer’s government is pressing ahead with plans to reset Britain’s global relations and repair the harms of Brexit, announcing a landmark security pact with Germany and the reopening of trade and defence talks with India. Foreign secretary David Lammy is in Delhi to revive negotiations that foundered underContinue Reading
Starmer dodges SNP question on two-child benefit cap rebellion 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 stood defiant over his decision to suspend seven MPs following their rebellion over the two-child benefitContinue Reading
Labour MP Emily Darlington urged Hilary Benn to “rebuild strained relations” with the European Union, warning that businesses in her local constituency have struggled to survive in the wake of Brexit. The MP for Milton Keynes Central asked the secretary of state for Northern Ireland to engage with the IrishContinue Reading
Labour MP who has had whip suspended over child-benefit cap breaks silence 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 suffered a backbench rebellion in a vote on the two-child benefit cap thatContinue Reading
