Boris Johnson postpones corporation tax cut November 18, 2019 The Conservatives have shelved plans to cut corporation tax from 19 per cent to 17 per cent. Boris Johnson made the announcement at the CBI conference in London this morning. Read more: Sajid Javid will remain chancellor if Conservatives win the election He said the change had been made to free up funding for the [...]
Sadiq Khan confirms 2020 TfL fare freeze November 18, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) fares will remain unchanged in 2020, Sadiq Khan has confirmed. The mayor of London’s fare freeze is now into its fourth year, after promising to not rise TfL prices in his first term. Read more: Victoria line drivers prepare for November Tube strike The freeze will continue after next may’s London [...]
Sajid Javid will remain chancellor if Conservatives win election November 18, 2019 Boris Johnson has confirmed Sajid Javid will remain chancellor if the Tories are re-elected. Johnson emphatically confirmed Javid would continue in the post at this morning’s CBI conference in London. Read more: Sajid Javid: My pitch to the businesses of Britain “I’m going to give you an absolutely categorical assurance I will keep Sajid Javid [...]
Labour’s nationalisation plans: The threat and opportunity November 18, 2019 | City Talk The Labour Party is expected to release its manifesto this week, with leader Jeremy Corbyn promising to publish “the most transformative, radical and exciting programme ever put before the British electorate”. The party is set to recommit to some of its major pledges made in 2017, including plans to bring energy, water, rail and mail [...]
Boris Johnson to woo businesses with extensive tax breaks November 18, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today offer British companies a series of tax cuts and breaks as he seeks to mend his relationship with the country’s firms. Read more: Boris Johnson’s Conservative party opens up 17-point poll lead In a speech to the annual CBI conference in London Johnson will pledge to cut the taxes [...]
How the pound could react to a Tory General Election victory November 18, 2019 Buffeted by Brexit and a global economic slowdown, the pound has had a wild ride in 2019. Now, City economists believe sterling is at a crossroads, with the upcoming General Election poised to send sterling soaring – or diving. A Conservative majority could fire the pound above $1.40, analysts said, but a Labour victory may [...]
Sajid Javid: My pitch to the businesses of Britain November 18, 2019 Britain’s 6m businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. They have driven employment to record highs, with wages outstripping inflation. And they have made our country a hotbed of furious innovation in products and services. We would all like to see higher economic growth — after a decade of recovery from the last Labour government [...]
Business cannot afford to sleep through this election November 18, 2019 Things can only get better — 1997, and not only a song for D:ream but an anthem that swept Tony Blair’s New Labour from obscurity to office. His hand-written message to the nation was “do it”. Do what? None of us knew, but who cared? The country opened its heart in droves at the ballot [...]
CBI: Labour pledges could “crack the foundations of the economy” November 18, 2019 The head of Britain’s biggest business group warned yesterday that Jeremy Corbyn’s policies could “crack the foundations of the economy” at the start of a week which holds the potential to define the upcoming General Election. Carolyn Fairbairn, head of the CBI, told Sky News that business leaders are asking “who’s next” after the “bolt [...]
Arcuri blasts Prime Minister for treating her like ‘one night stand’ November 17, 2019 US tech entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri has accused the Prime Minister of casting her aside “like a gremlin” and treating her as “some fleeting one night stand”. Arcuri addressed the Prime Minister directly in an interview with ITV’s Exposure on Sunday evening over their alleged relationship. “I’ve kept your secrets, and I’ve been your friend… I [...]