Keir Starmer: Labour won’t back Tory Brexit deal September 25, 2018 Labour plans to vote against a Theresa May Brexit deal, as the party attempts to define its position on backing a second referendum. Claiming the Prime Minister’s Brexit negotiations “are in a complete mess”, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer called for a general election if she fails to reach a deal or if a [...]
An election is the last thing we need – and voters would punish politicians for calling it September 25, 2018 Theresa May’s Brexit negotiations with the European Union are going very, very wrong, and there is now speculation that the UK could be heading for a snap election — cue eyerolls and yawns nationwide. Both the ruling Conservatives and opposition Labour party appear to be considering the possibility of a snap election as early [...]
Debate: Should the City be worried about Labour’s plan to hand 10 per cent of company shares to workers? September 25, 2018 Debate: Should the City be worried about Labour’s plan to hand 10 per cent of company shares to workers? Yes – Josh Hardie is the deputy director-general at the CBI. Rising wages are what everyone wants to see. But Labour is wrong to assert that workers will be helped by their proposals. Their diktat [...]
The UK’s post-Brexit immigration rules must be international, not just continental September 24, 2018 Customs arrangements, agricultural subsidies, the Northern Ireland backstop – all vital parts of the Brexit talks, and all unlikely to provoke much of a reaction outside of those with direct involvement in the respective areas. However, immigration after Brexit – that gets people talking. All too often used by low politicians with high ambitions [...]
Theresa May says she trusts President Donald Trump despite Iran sanctions September 24, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May has stood by the UK's special relationship with the US despite Donald Trump's decision to take his country out of the Iran nuclear deal, insisting she continues to have trust in the President. "Of course I listen to what the American president tells me," May replied when asked if she trusts Trump [...]
John McDonnell accused of a ‘wilful misunderstanding of business’ after radical conference speech September 24, 2018 One of the UK's biggest business groups pleaded with Labour not to see enterprise as "the enemy" after shadow chancellor John McDonnell delivered a radical speech at his party's conference. The Institute of Directors, which represents companies across the UK, urged McDonnell to abandon "sweeping measures and angry rhetoric" as he used a [...]
Jacob Rees-Mogg tells businesses to stop living in ‘cloud cuckoo land’ over Brexit September 24, 2018 Leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has called on businesses to stop living in "cloud cuckoo land" and accept Brexit will mean changes to how they operate. The Conservative MP was backed up by former Brexit secretary David Davis, who claimed top firms such as BMW should be able to cope with extra hours delays at [...]
IEA urges Theresa May to ditch Chequers for its alternative ‘Brexit prize’ September 24, 2018 Free-market thinktank the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has unveiled its alternative Brexit plan in a move that will pile pressure on the Prime Minister following her failure to secure support for her Chequers plan at an EU summit in Salzburg last week. The IEA said the government had approached Brexit in the “wrong way” [...]
Labour wouldn’t offer second vote on Brexit, says John McDonnell September 24, 2018 Labour would not offer a second vote on Brexit, shadow chancellor John McDonnell appeared to admit this morning. The opposition would seek to force a general election over Brexit, but if that is not possible would back a so-called people’s vote, he told Radio 4’s Today programme this morning. Read more: Labour opens new [...]
Dialling down the music won’t reduce London’s crime rate September 24, 2018 Earlier this year, a drill rap group known as 1011 was issued with a court order banning them from making music without police permission. The five west London teenagers were arrested last year for conspiracy to commit violent disorder. The criminal behaviour court order, requested by the police, specified that the group must notify [...]