Pressure is mounting on the Labour government to rethink its policy on smartphones for under-16s, after a new survey of 10,000 parents saw more than half say they wish they had waited longer before handing the devices to their children. Experts have warned that “solutions are needed”, as three-quarters ofContinue Reading
Keir Starmer has suspended seven Labour MPs, including the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell, after they voted, against the government, to scrap the two-child benefit cap. The move will be seen as a show of strength by the new prime minister after he easily saw off the first rebellion of hisContinue Reading
The attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers is wider than it was a decade ago, despite around £9 billion being spent on the problem over the last year, a damning report has found. The Department for Education (DfE) does not have a strategy to tackle the problemContinue Reading
Keir Starmer accidentally calls Rishi Sunak ‘prime minister’ 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 is facing a Labour rebellion with several MPs pressuring him to scrap the two-child benefit cap andContinue Reading
A new MP fought back tears after recalling the death of his parents in a house fire, saying of his election to Parliament: “I hope I made you proud.” Alex Easton dabbed his eyes and was hugged by fellow MPs after delivering his first speech in the House of CommonsContinue Reading
The next Conservative leader will be announced on 2 November, the party has said. The person chosen to replace Rishi Sunak will be named just days before the US presidential election, which is on 5 November. The 1922 Committee has drawn up a timetable for the contest after the partyContinue Reading
David Lammy is due to land in India this week after his cabinet colleague Jonathan Reynolds ordered officials in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to reopen trade talks. The foreign secretary is due to meet his Indian counterpart Vikram Misri as Keir Starmer’s new government tries to completeContinue Reading
The latest figure reported to be lining up a bid to take over The Telegraph newspaper group is former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi. Mr Zahawi stepped down from his Stratford-on-Avon seat ahead of the general election, and is now reported to have approached several billionaire backers to help finance aContinue Reading
Home secretary Yvette Cooper has claimed that Rishi Sunak’s government have already spent £700m on their plan to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda and had planned to spend a further £10bn. In a stinging speech in the House of Commons, Ms Cooper said the Tory government has left an asylumContinue Reading
The new Labour government will consider scrapping the two-child benefit cap as Keir Starmer comes under growing pressure to ditch the “cruel” policy. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson said the limit would be looked at “as one of a number of ways” to lift children out of poverty. Her comments come as Labour couldContinue Reading
