Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay has opened the party’s conference with an attack on the “lacklustre offers and U-turns” of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Kicking off the left-wing party’s campaign against Labour for next year’s local elections, Mr Ramsay painted the Greens as “an inspiring alternative to business as usual”.Continue Reading
A former Labour councillor has denied encouraging violence while addressing a crowd during an anti-fascist protest in Walthamstow has appeared in court. Ricky Jones, 57, was last month charged with encouraging violent disorder after a video emerged in which he appeared to call for far-right protesters’ throats to be “cut”Continue Reading
Martin Lewis issues message to pensioners who could miss out on winter fuel payments 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 Sir Keir Starmer is coming under mountingContinue Reading
Grieving relatives of Grenfell fire victims are calling for those responsible to face manslaughter charges as pressure builds on police to speed up their investigation. Families and survivors expressed anguish that prosecutions might not be brought until 2026 despite this week’s damning inquiry report into the disaster which killed 72Continue Reading
A law change aimed at criminalising “disproportionately sexist” deepfake porn will be introduced in Parliament by a former adviser to Boris Johnson. Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge, who was a special adviser to the ex-prime minister during his time in Downing Street, will introduce the Private Member’s Bill in theContinue Reading
Labour has scrapped plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Scampton, weeks after it dumped the Conservative government’s hugely controversial Rwanda deportation scheme. The Home Office said the much-criticised plan for the site did not represent value for money for the taxpayer. Campaigners welcomed the move, saying former military sites wereContinue Reading
Martin Lewis issues message to pensioners who could miss out on winter fuel payments 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 MPs will be given the chance toContinue Reading
Priti Patel eliminated from Tory leadership contest in first round 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 Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel was eliminated from the ToryContinue Reading
A major fire in Dagenham last month which had the same cause as the Grenfell Tower tragedy proves that fire fighters and the public are still at risk from a major blaze, a union boss has warned. Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), told TheContinue Reading
Union leaders have backed Keir Starmer’s planned ‘reset’ of Brexit and predicted that it will help save the British car industry. In an interview with The Independent, Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said he “absolutely” believed the policy would keep manufacturing and other jobs inContinue Reading
