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Westminster

[ west-min-ster ]

noun

  1. a central borough (officially a city) of Greater London, England: Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace.
  2. a city in SW California.
  3. a city in NE Colorado.


Westminster

/ ˈɛˌɪԲə /

noun

  1. Also calledCity of Westminster a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: contains the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Pop: 222 000 (2003 est). Area: 22 sq km (8 sq miles)
  2. the Houses of Parliament at Westminster
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Six years on, the political climate is very different, the consensus at Westminster has shattered and reaching net zero is fast becoming a political dividing line.

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Ministers previously said Scotland wanted to lead the way in outlawing such practices - but it has now urged the Labour government at Westminster to legislate on the issue.

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A few days later on 25 April, officers returned and seized £80,000 worth of fake or unsafe goods, Westminster City Council said in a statement.

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The first minister has accused Welsh Labour MPs in Westminster of not standing up for Wales, BBC Wales has learned.

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It accused "senior political figures" in Westminster and the UK media of being "openly engaged in a campaign to remove Kneecap from the public eye".

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