CCHQ to announce Tory candidate for mayor tomorrow morning September 27, 2018 Tory assembly members Shaun Bailey and Andrew Boff and councillor Joy Morrissey will know tomorrow whether they have been chosen to face Sadiq khan in the race to be the next mayor of London. Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) will announce the successful candidate tomorrow morning at 11am. Conservative party chairman Brandon Lewis today tweeted his good luck to [...]
Book review: Gina Miller fails to Rise to the occasion in her debut memoir September 27, 2018 The case of Gina Miller is a peculiar one. Few political outsiders burst onto the scene so quickly and with such force as this former City investment manager, who has whipped up anger and hope alike since entering the boxing ring of Brexit. As its title suggests, Rise is a book in which Miller [...]
No-deal Brexit could lead to tariffs of £9.3bn on EU food, report warns September 27, 2018 Food and drink costs could increase by £9.3billion a year if the UK does not slash tariffs in a 'no deal' Brexit, a new report has warned. Research by Barclays claims leaving the EU without a trade agreement would create an average tariff of 27 per cent on food and drinks coming from the [...]
Cut taxes for new firms in towns under threat from robot revolution, says report September 27, 2018 Tax breaks should be handed to businesses setting up in 'left behind' towns vulnerable to the rise of automation, according to a new report. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) believes entrepreneurs should be handed financial incentives to attract them to ten northern towns at risk of further decline thanks to the impending technological [...]
DEBATE: Is Labour looking more like a credible government-in-waiting after this year’s conference? September 27, 2018 Is Labour looking more like a credible government-in-waiting after this year’s conference? Finn McRedmond, staff writer at Reaction, says YES. In his keynote speech yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn said to Jim O’Neill, former Tory minister and Goldman Sachs economist: “You’re welcome, come and join us in the new political mainstream.” This was the pervasive sentiment: [...]
The shadow chancellor: A thief who plans to rob British business blind September 27, 2018 Somebody has got to say it: the shadow chancellor John McDonnell is a thief (well, an aspiring thief), with his planned 10 per cent giveaway of company equity to workers. The Theft Act 1968 says a person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving [...]
City firms hold back Brexodus in hope a deal can be reached September 27, 2018 City of London firms have so far held back from relocating jobs to the EU with just 630 UK finance roles moving abroad since the Brexit vote, according to an in-depth survey published yesterday. A Reuters poll of 134 major financial firms found that a total of 5,800 could still be shifted abroad in [...]
Novichok culprit charged in Skripal poisoning case named as Russian colonel September 26, 2018 One of the two suspects in the case regarding the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March has been revealed as a Russian colonel, according to reports. Ruslan Boshirov, who was charged alongside Alexander Petrov with the attempted murder of the Skripal pair by British police, was named [...]
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn set out competing economic visions in major speeches September 26, 2018 Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn set out competing visions of Britain's future on Wednesday with two radically different speeches on the economy. Addressing the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, May praised free markets and vowed to slash the UK's corporation tax to the lowest rate in the G20 after Brexit. As the PM addressed [...]
Philip Hammond confirms October date for Autumn budget September 26, 2018 Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that this year's Autumn budget will be delivered on 29 October. I’m pleased to announce the Budget will take place on 29 October. I’ll set out how our balanced approach is getting debt falling while supporting our vital public services, and how we are building a stronger, more prosperous economy. [...]