Corbyn calls for an historic return to state aid programmes and an end to freedom of movement from the EU January 9, 2017 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wants a return to state aid programmes in the aftermath of Brexit, and has insisted his party is not "wedded" to European freedom of movement. Making a landmark speech tomorrow, Corbyn will lay out Labour's vision for Britain once the country has left the EU. "Britain can be better off after [...]
Former BP Russia boss lined up for top nuclear decommissioning role February 19, 2017 David Peattie, the former boss at BP’s Russian operations, is the front runner to take over at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), according to reports in the Sunday Times. Tasked with managing Cumbria’s Sellafield estate, the NDA is a state-owned body that receives £3bn a year in public money, which amounts to 25 per cent [...]
Davis kicks off Article 50 Bill debates with call on MPs to “move swiftly” in approving legislation January 31, 2017 Brexit secretary David Davis has kicked off two days of debate on granting the Prime Minister power to trigger Article 50 with a call on MPs to "move swiftly" in approving legislation. Following this week's debate MPs will discuss amendments on the Article 50 Bill next week before a final vote in the House of Commons on 8 [...]
From whips to shadow ministers: All the Labour MPs who voted against the government’s Brexit Bill February 8, 2017 Five extra Labour MPs rebelled at the third reading of the government's Article 50 Bill, but they weren't enough to stop the House of Commons overwhelmingly voting in favour of giving Theresa May the power to trigger Article 50. Geraint Davies, Kate Green, Clive Lewis (who resigned from the frontbench today), Alison McGovern and Chi [...]
Today’s Copeland result and Lords energy report both highlight the ticking nuclear time-bomb in UK politics February 24, 2017 This morning’s Tory victory sweep in the Labour stronghold of nuclear heartland Copeland has coincided with the publication of a Lords report criticising the government’s nuclear energy policy. The nuclear question could not have been more central to yesterday's by-election contest in the heart of Britain’s West Cumbrian ‘energy coast’. 10,000 people are already directly [...]
General Election 2017: Delivering Brexit isn’t enough: The Tories need a pro-growth vision for Britain April 25, 2017 The 8 June General Election is being viewed through the prism of Brexit. In one fell swoop, it is said that Theresa May can quash holdout Remainers, manage her party’s competing visions of Brexit, and improve her Brussels negotiating strength. Add to that giving herself until 2022 to implement a deal before fresh elections, and [...]
Labour is still embroiled in a decades-long battle to decide what it stands for February 27, 2017 Nearly 60 years ago Denis Healey delivered a speech to the Labour party conference that has since become famous among Britain’s left-leaning political activists and commentators. Labour had just suffered a bruising third-straight General Election defeat, with the Conservatives storming to a three-figure majority under the leadership of Harold Macmillan. “There are far too many [...]
Nigel Farage is not going to be publishing his tax return unlike David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson in the wake of Panama papers April 12, 2016 David Cameron has done it, Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon have done it. Even George Osborne and Boris Johnson have done it. But Nigel Farage will absolutely not be publishing his tax return. While a host of high profile politicians have published their tax returns in response to public interest in tax affairs in the aftermath of the [...]
Panama Papers: Jeremy Corbyn says it’s “time to get tough on tax havens” as he attacks government’s record on steel April 5, 2016 In the wake of the Panama papers leak Britain has a huge responsibility and it is time to get tough on tax havens, Jeremy Corbyn has said. As the Labour leader launches his party's English local election campaign, he will say that many of the tax havens are British overseas territories or crown dependencies which need to be clamped [...]
City minister Simon Kirby loses Brexit responsibilities to Treasury peer March 2, 2017 City minister Simon Kirby has seen his responsibilities for Brexit handed to Baroness Neville-Rolfe. Kirby was handed the role of economic secretary to the Treasury after the Brexit vote when May came to power. The Treasury has stressed that Kirby's remit remains the same as his predecessors, with the added Brexit work hived off to commercial secretary Neville-Rolfe. Neville-Rolfe [...]