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Brexit deal will be done within three weeks, reveals Dominic Raab October 31, 2018 The pound jumped by one per cent on Wednesday as Dominic Raab claimed a Brexit deal will be agreed within three weeks. The revelation from the Brexit secretary saw sterling rise to 1.1307 against the euro and bounce back from a two month low against the dollar to 1.2829. Raab made the claim in a letter [...]
Budget 2018: Austerity killed off – if a Brexit horror show is avoided October 31, 2018 | City Talk The 2018 Budget was brought forward this year to avoid a nightmare clash with the Brexit negotiations. It was clear from the Chancellor’s speech that he was keen to avoid a ghoulish backlash from any controversial announcements. Indeed, the majority of policy measures unearthed had been leaked to the press beforehand, leaving Philip Hammond with [...]
Business leaders could become UK’s new ambassadors in radical plan by Jeremy Hunt October 31, 2018 Business leaders could be among a wave of new ambassadors under plans by Jeremy Hunt to open up the diplomatic service. In a speech on Wednesday, the foreign secretary is expected to say that for the first time non-civil servants could represent the UK government overseas. The creation of the 335 new diplomatic positions will [...]
British jets scrambled to investigate Russian planes October 31, 2018 British jets were scrambled earlier today to investigate suspected Russian fighter plans flying close to UK airspace. “Typhoon fighters … were scrambled today as a precautionary measure against a potential incursion into UK area of interest by one or more unidentified aircraft,” a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Reuters. “At no time was [...]
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg invited again to appear before MPs investigating fake news October 31, 2018 Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned to a special meeting of UK and Canadian MPs to give evidence about ‘fake news’. Conservative MP Damian Collins, chair of parliament’s digital, culture, media and sport committee, has joined forces with his Canadian equivalent, Bob Zimmer, to propose a one-off hearing on 27 November. The social media billionaire [...]
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget contained tricks and treats for your personal finances October 31, 2018 The move of this year’s Autumn Budget to Monday this week rather than its traditional Wednesday slot was ostensibly to give MPs more time to debate the chancellor’s proposals before the House of Commons rises for recess on 6 November. But presumably Philip Hammond also hoped to avoid some Halloween-themed headlines, which he himself alluded to [...]
Hammond’s digital services tax puts UK competitiveness at risk October 31, 2018 The government has long been scratching its head for ways to address the current tax treatment of global tech platforms. Our tax code – all 10m words of it – has been struggling to keep up and adapt to a new economy that is being driven by technology, innovation, and digitalisation. On Monday, Philip Hammond [...]
This Budget was a masterclass in dishonesty and manipulation October 31, 2018 So what was it? A cautious Budget? An astute Budget? A get-me-through-the-day Budget? Did you feel the earth move – or the need to change your financial affairs, for better or worse? Was there more than a zzzzz from the markets? It certainly was not the tax reform Budget that our economy desperately needs to put [...]
John McDonnell’s ideology won’t lead Britain to a bright new future, but to the dismal 1970s October 31, 2018 The focus this week has been on Philip Hammond’s Budget. The opinions of the shadow chancellor have been rather in the background by comparison. But John McDonnell is doing us all a favour at the moment. He is busily promoting a collection of essays which he edited, under the title “Economics for the Many”. These cover [...]
Hammond has taken the first tentative steps towards fixing the housing crisis October 31, 2018 How do you solve the housing crisis in a single Budget? You can’t, of course – not with Brexit looming and a Prime Minister demanding that you both signal the end of austerity and reduce the UK’s national debt at the same time. But housing policy is the one single issue that personally and radically [...]