GP plans to remove home visits ‘won’t wash’, says health secretary Matt Hancock November 23, 2019 Health secretary Matt Hancock has said GP plans to remove home visits from their contracts “won’t wash”. The majority of GPs supported a proposal to remove home visits from their contractual obligations at a Local Medical Committee (LMC) conference on Friday. A local committee of doctors from Kent, working with the British Medical Association (BMA) [...]
General Election 2019: Labour pledges 20 per cent property tax for foreign buyers November 23, 2019 Labour has pledged to put an extra 20 per cent levy on foreign companies buying property in the UK. The party has said it would charge firms and trusts from abroad looking to buy properties an additional 20 per cent on top of existing stamp duties and surcharges. Read more: General Election 2019: Jeremy Corbyn [...]
General Election 2019: Jeremy Corbyn to remain neutral in second Brexit referendum November 23, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that Labour will remain neutral in a second referendum on Brexit. Speaking on the BBC’s leaders debate on Friday night he said he would not campaign for Leave or Remain should he become Prime Minister. First on stage, Corbyn faced a number of questions on his social policies, with one person [...]
Hong Kong under siege: Failing to hold District Council Elections would be an unforgivable betrayal November 23, 2019 Tomorrow, voters in Hong Kong are expected to head to the polls in swathes, for what will be the most closely followed District Election in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover. I will be flying out to monitor those elections as a member of an Election Observation Mission organised by the campaign group, Stand With Hong [...]
Question Time Leaders Special 2019: Four big talking points for tonight’s debate November 22, 2019 The leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party (SNP) will be grilled by members of the public over their General Election policies on a BBC Question Time special tonight. Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, Jo Swinson and Nicola Sturgeon will each face 30 minutes of audience questions, with Labour’s Corbyn up [...]
Here’s how much you need to earn to be considered rich November 22, 2019 A fiery debate was sparked last night about what makes a person “rich” after a man on BBC Question Time wrongly claimed he was not even in the top 50 per cent of earners – despite bringing home £80,000 a year. The man laid into Labour candidate Richard Burgeon, who was on the show to [...]
General Election 2019: What we know about the Conservative Party manifesto November 22, 2019 This weekend the Conservative Party manifesto is expected to launch ahead of the general election on 12 December. Jeremy Corbyn unveiled Labour’s manifesto on Thursday following on from announcements by the Lib Dems and Green Party earlier this week. The Brexit Party is due to reveal its policies later today. It will leave just the [...]
Brexit Party manifesto: Nigel Farage calls Brexit the start of a ‘political revolution’ November 22, 2019 Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage called the UK’s departure from the EU “just the beginning of a political revolution” as he unveiled his general election pledges today. Condemning “broken promises” of rival parties’ past manifestos, Farage said his own pamphlet did not amount to a manifesto, saying party testing found voters associated the word with [...]
General Election 2019: Twitter ban on political ads comes into effect November 22, 2019 Today is the first day of Twitter’s political ad ban, less than a month out from the general election and a year ahead of the 2020 US presidential election. The social media firm revealed last week that it’s ban would include all mentions of political candidates and legislation. All three leading parties – Conservatives, Labour [...]
This election is a battle Labour does not deserve to win November 22, 2019 In 2004, the US chat show host Oprah Winfrey gave away a brand new car to each member of her studio audience. It was badged as an act of unparalleled generosity — though, as is the way of these things, the reality was more complicated. Gift taxes hit recipients hard — and the cars themselves [...]