Oil industry reacts to Labour’s new £11bn tax pledge November 21, 2019 A controversial Labour pledge to raise up to £11bn from a new levy on oil and gas companies to help retrain 37,000 workers in the industry to “make the transition to a clean economy” has met with fierce criticism from industry bodies. Jeremy Corbyn revealed the tax at the launch of the Labour manifesto in Birmingham earlier [...]
Bercow: Commons will sit tomorrow, after ‘explicit’ Supreme Court judgement September 24, 2019 Speaker John Bercow has said the House of Commons will return tomorrow morning, following the Supreme Court’s “explicit” judgement today. Standing on College Green outside parliament, the outgoing speaker said he had “instructed the House authorities to prepare not for recall, because prorogation was unlawful and therefore void, but the resumption of business” As a [...]
‘I’ve never been in a faction’: Anneliese Dodds on her plan to unite Labour under a new economic platform May 28, 2020 Labour’s new shadow chancellor had been an MP for just two-and-a-half years, before being handed the second most important job in Her Majesty’s Opposition. Many would assume that an MP with that rapid a rise up the greasy pole of politics would have to be the consummate Westminster schemer – a modern day Harold Wilson [...]
Quiz: how much do you know about Brexit? January 31, 2020 Brexit has saturated the media over the last few years. But how much do you really know about it? Do you know your hard Brexit from your soft Brexit? How closely have you been watching the currency exchange markets since the June 2016 referendum results were revealed? Take our quick trivia quiz and find out… [...]
Local elections 2018: It was meant to bruise Theresa May, but Jeremy Corbyn’s the one with the bloody nose May 4, 2018 As the dust settles on yesterday’s local elections, the picture that is emerging is one of status quo. Incremental gains have been made by the two main parties – but mostly at the expense of Ukip. None of the councils targeted by Labour in its much-hyped Unseat campaign have turned red. Instead the Tories have [...]
Labour to spend £60bn on household energy programme November 3, 2019 The Labour party this morning announced a £60bn programme of housing improvements designed to cut carbon emissions 10 per cent by 2030. The initiative, which is the largest upgrade of UK households since the post-war reconstruction, will create 450,000 jobs by installing energy saving measures in almost all of the UK’s 27m homes. Read more: [...]
Our divided country can’t even agree on who our enemies are December 4, 2019 Aristotle wrote that “a common danger unites even the bitterest enemies”. So what hope of unity is there for a nation where the very perceptions of danger become contested? Ahead of this week’s Nato meeting, the British Foreign Policy Group conducted a public opinion survey with pollsters at Opinium, exploring perceptions of the most pressing [...]
Guildhall holds vigil for London Bridge terror attack victims December 2, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson stood side by side this morning in solidarity at a vigil for the London Bridge terror attack victims. The Prime Minister and opposition leader were joined by London lord mayor William Russell, mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick at Guildhall Yard for the service. Read [...]
Ex-Labour minster quits party with astonishing attack on the ‘Corbyn Cult’ May 14, 2019 A former Labour minister has quit the party with a savage attack on the “Corbyn Cult” she claims has taken over the leadership. Bridget Prentice, who served as a junior minister in the Ministry of Justice under Tony Blair, compared the Labour party to North Korea were “disloyalty to the leader is a criminal offence.” Prentice, [...]
Coalition of women touted to stop no-deal Brexit August 12, 2019 A coalition of women, headed by Green MP Caroline Lucas, is bandying together to lead parliament if MPs go against Boris Johnson in a no-confidence vote. Writing in the Guardian, Lucas said she had “reached out” to 10 female colleagues, including members for the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour, SNP, Plaid Cymru and Independent Group for [...]