General Election 2019: Conservatives go head-to-head with Labour on housing November 21, 2019 The Conservatives are hoping to take Labour head-on with a series of pledges designed to tackle the housing crisis. Jeremy Corbyn will today unveil a flagship policy that includes plans 100,000 council homes a year by the end of the five-year term, an increase of more than 3,500 per cent. Read more: Sadiq Khan to miss his [...]
General Election 2019: Conservatives rule out resurrecting dementia tax November 21, 2019 The Conservatives have ruled out resurrecting the so-called dementia tax in the party’s new manifesto, after the controversial policy effectively torpedoed Theresa May’s campaign. Health secretary Matt Hancock said the country needs a “long-term solution for social care that rises above party politics”, acknowleding that successive governments have failed to get to grips with the [...]
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson hints at plans to hike National Insurance threshold November 20, 2019 A Conservative government would put up the National Insurance threshold to £12,000 as part of plans to “cut tax for working people”, Boris Johnson said today. During an apparently unintended revelation as part of a question and answer session in a Teeside factor, the Prime Minister told reporters he would increase the rate at which [...]
General Election 2019: Liberal Democrats pitch party as ‘natural home of business’ November 20, 2019 The Liberal Democrats are pitching themselves as the “natural home of business” with a slew of policies due to be unveiled in the party manifesto that it claims will bolster the UK’s economy. Warning of challenges including artificial intelligence, climate change and Brexit, the Lib Dems argue that the two main parties are backwards looking [...]
General Election 2019: Liberal Democrats pledge commuter fare freeze November 20, 2019 The Liberal Democrats will today pledge to freeze commuter fares for the next five years as part of a series of policies outlined in their manifesto. The party, which is seeking to win a number of key London seats by wooing the capital’s Remain voters, will set out plans to keep season tickets and rail [...]
Google admits major underreporting of General Election ad spend November 20, 2019 Google has admitted to severely underreporting spending on UK political advertising ahead of the upcoming General Election, with errors affecting both the Conservative and Labour parties. Google’s weekly transparency reports on advertising spending by political parties and other organisations contain major discrepancies because heavy spending on search terms is not always recorded, The Guardian reported. [...]
General Election 2019: Labour pledges would hike taxes for 1.9m, IFS report claims November 20, 2019 A Labour government would raise taxes for nearly two million people before the end of Jeremy Corbyn’s first full term – in a move that could end up costing the country £1bn – according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The party is planning to introduce a new 45 per cent income tax rate for [...]
General Election 2019: Corbyn and Johnson tie in lacklustre TV debate November 19, 2019 THE LEADERS’ first TV debate ended without an obvious victor after a snap poll put Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn virtually neck and neck. The two men clashed over Brexit and domestic issues in a low-wattage confrontation as both failed to land a knockout blow. Corbyn’s high point was the production of a heavily redacted [...]
‘Fake mews’: Larry the Cat isn’t retiring from Downing Street any time soon November 19, 2019 Arguably Number 10’s most beloved resident, Larry the Cat, is believed to be staying put despite reports that he could leave in the New Year. Speculation had swirled that Downing Street’s famous feline was set to step out of the limelight and into retirement in 2020, regardless of who holds the title of Prime Minister [...]
John McDonnell threatens to delist firms that fail to tackle climate issues November 19, 2019 John McDonnell has revealed Labour’s plans for “rewriting the rules” of business, which include delisting firms who fail to take “adequate steps” to deal with the climate emergency. The shadow chancellor this morning set out details of the party’s vision for corporate governance, accountability and regulation, bemoaning the status quo in which employees are treated [...]