Conservative party conference 2015: Chancellor George Osborne gives local councils control of £26bn in business rates October 5, 2015 Chancellor George Osborne has said that he is giving "power to the people" by handing local authorities control over £26bn in revenues from business rates. In his speech at the Conservative party conference in Manchester today, Osborne promised a "devolution revolution" by vowing to allow local governments to keep the rates they collect from business. Councils currently [...]
Conservative party conference 2015: Heathrow or Gatwick expansion? Government ministers promise airports decision by Christmas October 5, 2015 Government ministers are doubling down on their commitment to respond by the end of the year to the Airports Commission's recommendation for a third runway at Heathrow. Speaking today at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said he did not "hide the challenge" of choosing whether to back or reject the commission's [...]
Manufacturers warn new National Living Wage will increase costs and uncertainty October 1, 2015 The new National Living Wage (NLW) stands to give 2.5m British workers a pay rise, but half of British manufacturers are worried about the impact compulsory higher wages will have on their business. According to a new survey out today from the EEF, 45 per cent of manufacturers say they are concerned the NLW – set to go into [...]
Could Nicky Morgan be the next Conservative leader? Women and equalities minister says she is considering the top job when David Cameron steps down October 1, 2015 A woman should be in the running to become the next Conservative leader, education secretary Nicky Morgan has said, hinting that she may throw her own name into the hat for the top job. Morgan, who has risen quickly through the Tory ranks to sit on Cameron's front bench, said in an interview published today [...]
Labour party conference 2015: Housing is the capital’s greatest challenge says London mayor candidate Sadiq Khan September 30, 2015 Labour's candidate for mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said next May’s election in the capital will be a “referendum on London’s housing crisis”. Addressing the party's conference delegates in Brighton, Khan said that housing was “the greatest challenge facing our city that now affects all Londoners, regardless of age or income” and vowed to [...]
New polls show voters don’t think Jeremy Corbyn is cut out to be Prime Minister September 21, 2015 The honeymoon is over. Just one week after being elected leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn has been hit with a series of new public opinion polls showing that the wider electorate is rejecting the Islington North MP and his far-left policies. Corbyn decidedly won the Labour leadership contest with 59.5 per cent of the first-preference votes. But [...]
Labour: Jeremy Corbyn will sing the national anthem “God Save the Queen” from now on September 16, 2015 Jeremy Corbyn will sing "God Save the Queen" from now on, a Labour spokeswoman has said, confirming that the leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition will "fully" partake in future events involving the national anthem. Corbyn – a republican who has called for the end of the monarchy in the past – was heavily criticised yesterday for [...]
Brexit: Eurosceptics are more “enthusiastic” about the EU referendum than Europhiles September 15, 2015 Voters in favour of a so-called "Brexit" are twice as enthusiastic about the upcoming referendum than people who plan on voting to stay in the European Union, a new poll suggests. Some 56 per cent of Eurosceptics said they felt enthusiastic about their opportunity to vote to leave the UK compared to 23 per cent of [...]
Scottish independence referendum: The SNP’s lead is narrowing – but it’s still comfortably ahead of Labour – a TNS Scotland poll shows September 10, 2015 The Scottish National Party’s lead is narrowing, according to a new poll from TNS. The poll found that 58 per cent of voters in Scotland would back the SNP in the May 2016 Scottish Parliament elections, down from 62 per cent from last month. Labour, meanwhile, saw a modest increase in support, with 23 per [...]
David Cameron: Government authorised drone strikes on UK citizens September 8, 2015 The government authorised an unprecedented "precision" airstrike to kill British nationals in Syria last month, Prime Minister David Cameron said today. Reyaad Khan, a 21-year-old from Cardiff who was affiliated with Islamic State (IS), was targeted and killed on 21 August by an RAF drone near Raqqah in Syria, Cameron said. British aircraft are understood [...]
