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Moody’s downgrades UK credit rating outlook to ‘negative’ November 9, 2019 Moody’s has signalled there is a possibility it will downgrade the credit rating on government debt amid an “erosion in institutional strength” caused by Brexit. The ratings agency has changed the outlook on its Aa2 rating of the UK’s debt from “stable” to “negative”, implying a rating cut could be imminent. Read more: Sajid Javid [...]
General election 2019: Conservatives commit to boost GP numbers November 9, 2019 The Conservative Party has said it will fund the training of an additional 500 GPs in England every year if they win the election. It would mean up to an additional 3,000 newly-qualified GPs or doctors doing their GP training in surgeries by 2024-2025 in an aim to reduce patient waiting times. Read more: Tory candidate [...]
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says she would ally with Labour in return for an independence vote November 8, 2019 The Scottish National Party (SNP) will seek a “progressive alliance” with the Labour Party if next month’s election leaves no one party with a clear majority, its leader Nicola Sturgeon said today. The UK heads to the polls on 12 December for an election called by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to try and get a [...]
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn to go face-to-face in BBC debate November 8, 2019 The BBC is set to host a live debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. The party leaders will go head-to-head in a televised debate on 6 December, just days before the general election. Jo Swinson, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has not been asked to attend the debate. Read more: General Election announcement [...]
Half of UK citizens think the country will not exist in a decade November 8, 2019 More than half of UK citizens think the country will not exist in its current form a decade from now, according to a new poll. The Ipsos Mori poll showed 50 per cent thought the United Kingdom would not exist in 10 years, up from 43 per cent in 2014. Just 29 per cent said [...]
Clacton Labour candidate Gideon Bull steps down over ‘Shylock’ remark November 8, 2019 The Labour Party candidate for Clacton has stepped down after allegations he made an antisemitic remark to a fellow Labour councillor. Gideon Bull, who is a cabinet member in Haringey council, was accused of calling Jewish councillor Zena Brabazon “Shylock” during a private meeting. Bull denied he called Brabazon “Shylock” but admitted he used the [...]
General election 2019: Tories unveil plan for Australian-style, points-based immigration system November 8, 2019 Boris Johnson is to tackle both the issues of health and immigration as the Conservatives unveil plans to introduce an Australian-style, points-based immigration system. The Prime Minister is to announce a new visa that aims to attract more doctors and nurses to the NHS following Brexit. The immigration points-based system is thought to be popular [...]
Spare a thought this winter for our poor under-valued MPs November 8, 2019 Why would anyone want to be an MP? If the number of prominent parliamentarians who have announced that they are standing down in this election — now more than 70, including some shock names like Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd, and Tom Watson — is any indication, that question is getting more complicated to answer. MPs, [...]
The Tories and Labour both seem happy to throw fiscal responsibility to the wind November 8, 2019 The “money men” are at it again. Yesterday, chancellor Sajid Javid and shadow chancellor John McDonnell took part in a spending showdown, announcing pledges and making their cases for different economic visions for Britain in years to come. Labour’s spending promises are staggering. Essentially doubling the figures from the 2017 manifesto, the party has ditched [...]
General Election 2019: Labour promises ‘workplace revolution’ November 7, 2019 Labour will tomorrow promise a “workplace revolution”, as part of a radical step-change in how women are treated as work. Shadow women and equalities secretary Dawn Butler will set out how a Labour government will create a ‘Workers’ Protection Agency” that would have the power to fine firms for failing to report or tackle their [...]