Labour and SNP coalition likely following 2015 General Election, says Deutsche Bank February 2, 2015 Economists at Deutsche Bank said yesterday that the UK is on track for a coalition between Labour and the SNP following May’s election – but warned that the British economy would do better in the long term under a deficit-cutting Tory government. The report says: “If the general election were to be held now Labour [...]
Ed Miliband hits back at “unholy” alliance of Boots boss Stefano Pessina and Conservative Party February 2, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband has hit back at Alliance Boots boss Stefano Pessina at a question and answer session hosted by Sky News at Facebook's London headquarters. Over the weekend, Pessina told the Telegraph that a Labour government would be a "catastrophe" for Britain. Pessina's company boasts 2,500 stores and employs 70,000 staff. Miliband told [...]
General Election 2015: Gordon Brown promises Scotland better pensions and benefits than rest of UK February 2, 2015 Later today, Gordon Brown will promise to give Scots a better deal on pensions and benefits if Labour is voted in at the next general election. Speaking at a press conference in Edinburgh, the former Prime Minister is expected to say Scots will be able to top-up the normal benefits available to people across the [...]
Francis Maude decides to stand down after 2015 general election February 1, 2015 Tory MP Francis Maude has announced that he is standing down from Parliament. First elected as an MP for North Warwickshire in 1983, he was a minister in the Department of Trade and Industry and then the Treasury before losing his seat. Maude returned as MP for Horsham in 1997, and was Shadow Chancellor and [...]
Boots chief executive: Miliband government would be a “catastrophe” February 1, 2015 Ed Miliband's credibility with business leaders has been dealt yet another blow after the chief executive of one of the most-well known companies in Britain said a Miliband government would be a "catastrophe". Stefano Pessina, the head of Boots told the Sunday Telegraph: If they (Labour) acted as they speak, it would be a catastrophe. [...]
Ukip mapped: How UK immigration breaks down January 30, 2015 Ukip seems set to run its 2015 General Election campaign on the back of the UK’s distrust of Europe and concerns about immigration. According to new analysis of 2011 census data by the Office for National Statistics, the vast majority of migration is domestic; residents move between areas far more often than they come from [...]
General election 2015: Twitter offers political parties the chance to target messages at individual postcodes January 28, 2015 A new level of geo-targeted advertising is being offered by Twitter ahead of the general election in May. The social media network says political parties will now be able to promote both individual candidates and local issues on a constituency by constituency basis, according to Wired. Twitter already had geo-targeting services on offer, [...]
General Election 2015: Tories and Labour neck and neck but don’t dismiss the Lib Dems January 27, 2015 With under 100 days to go, the general election is now extremely close. Polls put Labour and the Tories neck and neck, and the minor parties are breaking through like never before. The Greens, Ukip, and the SNP are surging, and, along with Plaid Cymru and the Northern Irish parties, are giving Britain truly multi-party [...]
The City must stand up and be counted at this election: Its future is now at stake January 27, 2015 It must have seemed like a jolly jape, dreamt up behind the Parliamentary bike sheds. The coalition had a brilliant wheeze to stitch up the unions by introducing a spending cap at elections. No longer would Labour have access to limitless pots of cash from their union barons. Better still, the brothers would be forced [...]
Tories are winning the race for policy recognition January 27, 2015 With just 100 days to go until the General Election voters may already be tiring of the political parties endlessly repeated policy pledges and sound bite phrases. Why do they keep saying the same thing over and over again? This a frequent complaint of an electorate that has suffer through the repetition of "long-term economic [...]