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Sadiq Khan should ‘review’ fare freeze, says new report December 4, 2019 Sadiq Khan should review his Transport for London (TfL) fare freeze and make zonal reform to make public transport more accessible for people on low incomes, according to a new report. The report, from the Centre for London think tank, points out that the fare freeze does not count for weekly, monthly and yearly Travelcards, [...]
John McDonnell: A Labour government would save families thousands December 3, 2019 Shadow chancellor John McDonnell will tomorrow tell families that a Labour government could save them thousands of pounds a year as he seeks to shrug off criticism of his spending plans. In a speech in Birmingham ahead of the 12 December polling day, McDonnell will attack the Tories for overseeing a “cost of living crisis” [...]
British tech tax to tie up Trump trade talks December 3, 2019 Tech bosses have warned that a digital services tax, included in the Conservative manifesto, could blow future US–UK trade talks off course. US President Donald Trump this week threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on some French goods, including cheese and wine, in retaliation to a similar tax passed into French [...]
IFS questions Labour’s nationalisation plan for utilities December 3, 2019 The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has questioned Labour’s plans to renationalise swaths of the economy, suggesting that the party’s aims could be achieved by changing regulations instead. The economic think tank also said the up-front costs of nationalisation were much less relevant than how well the assets would be managed by the public sector. [...]
General Election 2019: Lib Dems squeezed in London as Labour starts to fight back December 3, 2019 London’s swing voters are beginning to return to a resurgent Labour, with the Liberal Democrats starting to fade away, a new poll published today has revealed. Jeremy Corbyn’s party has clawed back eight points since November, to 47 per cent, while the Conservatives edged up one point to 30 per cent, according to a YouGov [...]
Boris Johnson complaint over Channel 4 melting ice sculpture rejected by Ofcom December 3, 2019 There was nothing wrong with Channel 4’s use of a melting ice sculpture to represent Prime Minister Boris Johnson during its climate debate after he refused to turn up, according to Ofcom. Following the televised debate, the Conservative party lodged a complaint with the media regulator, but this has been rejected. Read more: BBC agrees [...]
General Election: Bookies slash Tory odds after Donald Trump rejects NHS ‘plot’ December 3, 2019 Punters have backed the Tories for the General Election in droves this morning after Donald Trump said America wouldn’t buy the NHS if it was handed it “on a silver platter”. His denial sparked a tranche of betting that cut the odds of a Tory majority on Ladbrokes from 1/2 into 4/9. Read more: Donald [...]
Nato summit 2019: Everything Donald Trump said in his freewheeling press conference December 3, 2019 Donald Trump vowed to stay out of the UK General Election on his arrival in London for the Nato summit today, but still managed to voice his support for Boris Johnson. Trump again backed Brexit and said he had even predicted it as he defended himself against claims he should be impeached, calling his controversial [...]
Jeremy Corbyn throws spotlight back on NHS during Donald Trump’s Nato summit visit December 3, 2019 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged Donald Trump to confirm the NHS is “genuinely off the table” in post-Brexit trade talks between the US and UK. The US President landed at Stansted overnight for London’s Nato summit this week. Read more: Nato summit 2019: London’s road closures as Trump arrives in UK His visit comes [...]
Asian stocks slump after Trump slaps tariffs on Brazil and Argentina December 3, 2019 Asian stocks slipped today after US President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on imports from Brazil and Argentina to spike global trade tensions once again. Soft US manufacturing data compounded the problem for world markets and saw global stocks fall into the red as trading opened today. Read more: European stocks have worst day in two [...]