General Election 2019: Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry’s Islington seat ‘at risk’ November 12, 2019 Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry is at risk of losing her seat, according to internal party polling. The Islington South and Finsbury seat has been held by Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, since 2005, and has been viewed as a Labour safe seat. In 2017 she strengthened her majority to 22,547 – more than 50 per [...]
Women’s Equality Party stands aside for Chuka Umunna in Cities of London and Westminster seat November 12, 2019 The Women’s Equality Party candidate in the Cities of London and Westminster has stood aside for Liberal Democrat – and male – rival Chuka Umunna. Jenn Selby announced this morning that she was standing down to endorse his campaign, saying it was critical “to stop Brexit, which will disproportionately impact on women”. Umunna, the former [...]
Sam Gyimah suggests Labour rival Emma Dent Coad ‘part of cladding conversations’ that led to Grenfell Tower tragedy November 11, 2019 Former Conservative minister-turned Liberal Democrat candidate Sam Gyimah has suggested his Labour rival was partly responsible for decisions that led to the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Gyimah, who was prisons minister under Theresa May at the time of the 2017 fire that killed more than 70 people, told City A.M. it was a “deeply complex issue”, [...]
General Election 2019: Labour promises ‘workplace revolution’ November 7, 2019 Labour will tomorrow promise a “workplace revolution”, as part of a radical step-change in how women are treated as work. Shadow women and equalities secretary Dawn Butler will set out how a Labour government will create a ‘Workers’ Protection Agency” that would have the power to fine firms for failing to report or tackle their [...]
General Election 2019: Tory candidate throws in the towel after backlash from ‘unacceptable’ rape comments November 7, 2019 A Conservative election candidate who said that women should “keep their knickers on” during a conversation about rape has stood down from the contest. Nick Conrad, a BBC Radio Norfolk host, made a series of comments during a live debate about footballer Ched Evans, who was convicted of rape five years ago, before the sentence [...]
Let’s get fiscal: How the Tories’ and Labour’s spending plans compare November 7, 2019 The UK’s two biggest parties have today pledged a major shake-up of current fiscal rules, paving the way for the greatest level of investment in over a generation. Under a Conservative government, fiscal rules would be relaxed to create “a decade of renewal”, boosting investment from around 1.8 per cent to three per cent of [...]
General Election 2019: John McDonnell pledges ‘cutting-edge fiscal rules’ November 7, 2019 A Labour government would rip-up the basis for fiscal rules, to exclude borrowing for investment from targets “so it’s recognised as both a cost and as a benefit”. Speaking from Liverpool Riverside, a seat held by former Labour MP Louise Ellman who quit last month over anti-Semitism concerns, John McDonnell told supporters a Labour government [...]
General Election 2019: Sajid Javid pledges ‘new fiscal rules for a new economy’ November 7, 2019 Chancellor Sajid Javid has confirmed a Conservative government would deploy new fiscal rules to create a “decade of renewal”. Speaking from Labour safe seat Wythenshaw Javid said the 2020s would be “Britain’s best decade yet”, and confirmed the introduction of new fiscal rules, so that the government can borrow without being irresponsible. Read more: Labour [...]
General Election 2019: Labour to shift ‘powerful section of Treasury’ to North November 7, 2019 A Labour government would shift a “powerful section of the Treasury” out of London to the north of England, John McDonnell will say today. Speaking in his home city of Liverpool, the shadow chancellor will detail plans to move the “centre of the gravity in political decision-making and investment” out of the capital. In his [...]
General Election 2019: Liberal Democrats, Green and Plaid Cymru ‘Unite to Remain’ pact for 60 seats unveiled November 7, 2019 The Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Plaid Cymru have struck a deal in which the parties will step aside for the most likely Remain candidate in 60 seats across England and Wales. Jo Swinson’s party will be given a clear run at 43 constituencies, including Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Chelsea and Fulham, Esher and Walton, [...]
