Labour and the Tories are sweeping immigration under the rug this election December 6, 2019 This election season is slogan heavy. “Get Brexit done.” “For the many, not the few.” While necessarily vague, this year’s party mottos have done a decent job of getting to the heart of their offers. The Conservatives aren’t dallying on the UK’s exit from the European Union. The Labour Party is offering more taxes and [...]
Hargreaves Lansdown’s pro-Brexit founder gives £1m to the Conservatives December 6, 2019 The billionaire founder of financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown has donated £1m to the Conservative Party ahead of next week’s election. Peter Hargreaves, who helped finance the Vote Leave campaign in 2016, said that he was concerned that Brexit would not happen and the UK would be left in the EU. Read more: General election: [...]
General Election: Boris Johnson accuses Jeremy Corbyn of trying to ‘fiddle’ with second Brexit referendum December 6, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has launched an attack against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for a second EU referendum ahead of the pair’s final TV debate before the General Election. Johnson claimed Corbyn would give 2m EU nationals a vote alongside resident Brits, saying it was an attempt to “fiddle” with the vote to ensure [...]
General Election: Labour promises to create business advocacy group December 5, 2019 Labour has pledged to create a state-run business support agency as part of a spate of policies intended to help small to medium enterprises (SMEs). If elected, the party wants to a create the Business Development Agency, which would assist companies “access business advice, finance and large scale government contracts”. Read more: Labour accused of [...]
Tax cut promises ‘at odds’ with Tory manifesto, think tank says December 5, 2019 Boris Johnson’s claims that he would deliver a tax-cutting Budget in the first 100 days of a new government “are at odds with his party’s manifesto”, a think tank has said. The Prime Minister last night laid out his priorities for government, saying chancellor Sajid Javid would hold a Budget that cut taxes for families [...]
Uber pushes back against Khan criticisms December 5, 2019 Sadiq Khan has lashed out at Uber by criticising the firm’s response to its London ban, while also shaming the app for allowing a driver to operate after it was found he possessed “obscene photos of a child”. Transport for London (TfL) refused to renew Uber’s licence last month due to a “pattern of failures” [...]
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson insists taxes will not rise under Tories December 5, 2019 Boris Johnson has insisted taxes will not rise under a Conservative government, after journalists questioned this morning’s pledge. The Prime Minister this morning vowed to reduce the tax bill of working families by £200 within the first 100 days of a Tory government, as part of a post-Brexit Budget. But commentators have pointed out that [...]
Nancy Pelosi moves forward articles of impeachment against Donald Trump December 5, 2019 House Democrats will move forward in impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, according to House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi made an explosive statement today, announcing that House Democrats would move forward with articles of impeachment. Read more: Donald Trump impeachment: US politicians kick-off public hearings “Today I am asking our chairmen to proceed with [...]
Brexit Party now odds-on for total defeat at General Election December 5, 2019 Bookmakers have said that the Brexit Party is odds-on to suffer total annihilation when the country goes to the polls next week, after Nigel Farage’s party was hit by a string of resignations. Betfair said odds of total defeat – not winning a single seat – had been set at 2/7. Read more: General election: [...]
Boris Johnson likens Labour’s ‘NHS plot’ dossier to UFO pictures December 5, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has compared a leaked 451-page document Labour has heralded as proof of a plot to privatise the NHS to photos of UFOs. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn revealed the unredacted documents detailing preliminary trade talks between the US and UK late last month, saying the files were proof that the NHS was [...]