Minister says accepting freebies is different in government Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Liz Truss has deflected blame over the UK’s return of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, accusing Boris Johnson of initiatingContinue Reading
Minister says accepting freebies is different in government Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Britain should hold a referendum on its membership of the European Convention on Human Rights, Boris Johnson has said. TheContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer will promise to create 4,000 jobs by ploughing £22bn into projects to capture and store carbon emissions from energy, industry and hydrogen production. On a visit to Liverpool, the prime minister will unveil two “carbon capture clusters” in Merseyside and Teesside to be developed in the nextContinue Reading
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email A military presence hangs heavy over the Chagos Islands’ crystal clear blue seas and white sand beaches amid a “hodge podge” of British and American cultures.Continue Reading
Boris Johnson has branded his former chief of staff Dominic Cummings as “weird” and compared him to a “homicidal robot” as he blamed him for his downfall as prime minister. In his new autobiography Unleashed, the Mr Johnson charted the collapse of his relationship with Cummings from the high pointContinue Reading
Minister says accepting freebies is different in government Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Labour government has agreed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure the future ofContinue Reading
The BBC has cancelled an interview with Boris Johnson after presenter Laura Kuenssberg accidentally sent the former prime minister her briefing notes. Ms Kuenssberg, presenter of the BBC’s flagship Sunday political interview show, said she sent Mr Johnson the notes “in a message meant for my team”. The BBC’s politicalContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has paid back £6,000 in gifts and hospitality as the so-called “freebies row” threatens to spiral out of control and plunge his government into chaos. The prime minister’s gesture came on a day when Tory leadership candidates described his government as “the most venal in history”. ThisContinue Reading
Keir Starmer faced a reality check on his first trip to Brussels as he appeared to come away from the European capital with only an agreement to hold further meetings with EU leaders. The prime minister travelled to Belgium for talks with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, asContinue Reading
The first charter flight carrying British citizens out of Lebanon has landed in Birmingham amid escalating conflict in the Middle East. The Dan Air plane touched down at Birmingham International Airport shortly before 8.40pm, having departed from Beirut and stopped off in Bucharest, Romania, on its journey. Foreign secretary DavidContinue Reading
