George Osborne takes a swipe at Vince Cable on Twitter January 2, 2015 As we approach the general election expect the rift between the Conservatives and their Lib Dem coalition partners to widen ever further as they prepare to tear each other to shreds over the coming months. Rarely a week goes by without a Lib Dem MP or minister warning the nation of the dire prospect of [...]
Conservatives unveil first poster of 2015 election campaign January 2, 2015 The Conservative Party has wasted no time in making the economy the centrepiece of this year's general election. Today the Conservatives will unveil their first campaign poster of the year which highlights the party's message that the country is on the right economic track and can't risk a change of course. The poster says since [...]
Business predicts 2015: UK wages to rise, Eurozone will avoid deflation and HS2 could be scrapped January 1, 2015 If 2014 was eventful in business, politics and the economy, this year is sure to prove just as eventful. A UK general election, geopolitical crisis, Eurozone woes and candidates putting themselves forward for the race to the White House will leave no shortage of news. With this in mind the influential business group the Institute [...]
General election 2015: The Tories and stock markets December 22, 2014 When market-watchers think ahead to 2015’s political risks, it’s a safe bet that minds will quickly turn to the Middle East, Russia, or certain parts of Latin America and Africa. There are good reasons for this: Vladimir Putin’s revanchism looks unlikely to halt soon, and a tumbling oil price threatens further instability in Nigeria, Iran, [...]
General election 2015: Ed Miliband unveils Labour’s economic plan to “balance books” and reduce deficit December 11, 2014 Labour leader Ed Miliband has drawn the battle lines for next year's General Election, unveiling plans for the economy and reducing the deficit in a speech to the City. Boosting wages, taxing higher earners and budget cuts were some of the pledges laid out by the opposition party in the run-up to next year’s general [...]
Conservatives should be more worried about Ukip switchers than Labour ahead of election December 9, 2014 Ukip could be more damaging to the Conservatives than Labour, taking more than two million votes from the party at next year’s general election according to the latest political research. More Conservative voters could be swayed towards Ukip than Labour or Lib Dem voters, making a Labour government more likely. While one in five of [...]
Why the Salmond surge won’t happen – and the Scots will back Labour in 2015 December 8, 2014 ALEX Salmond just won’t go away. The politician, who first became an MP in 1987 – and who is no stranger to holding mandates in different parliaments at the same time (while criticising others for doing the same) – has announced he will seek to re-enter the House of Commons in May, after resigning as [...]
Alex Salmond confirms he will stand for seat in UK parliament at general election December 7, 2014 The former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has confirmed plans for a return to Westminster by standing for a seat in UK parliament at next year’s general election. The Scottish politician who stood down as leader of the SNP after being defeated in the independence referendum, announced his candidacy for the constituency of Gordon in [...]
Gordon Brown to stand down as an MP at the next election November 24, 2014 2015 will be the end, in politics at least, of the iron chancellor. Gordon Brown is to stand down as an MP at the next election. According to friends of the ex-Prime Minister, Brown is planning to focus on philanthropic work after a career in politics. Brown believes that after his successful role in the [...]
David Cameron warns voters not to abandon Tories ahead of 2015 general election November 17, 2014 David Cameron has done an about-turn on the economy, Labour’s Ed Miliband said yesterday. The Prime Minister, Miliband continued, was getting his excuses in early about the state of the UK’s finances, having spent months shouting about the strength of Britain’s recovery. About-turn or not, building on the “there is still more to do” [...]