Professors’ retirement fund to invest in future Green Investment Bank projects November 6, 2016 Macquarie Bank is poised to team-up with the pension fund that manages the retirement money of Britain's university professors as part of the privatisation of the Green Investment Bank (GIB). The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), a pension scheme that can trace its roots over a hundred years, will help the Australian lender pay for future funding [...]
Theresa May will launch a consultation over her planned board seats for workers within weeks November 6, 2016 Downing Street is set to launch a consultation within a fortnight on Theresa May's controversial plans to put workers on boards. British businesses are already gearing up to provide alternatives to the proposals, which have raised eyebrows in boardrooms. May first revealed the plan this summer during her successful campaign to succeed David Cameron, but business groups [...]
Theresa May has issued support for independent judiciary as she arrives for trade mission in India November 6, 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May has issued a fresh defence of the independence of judges who have faced strident criticism over their ruling on Article 50 last week, as she leads trade mission to India. The High Court ruled on Thursday that May would require parliamentary approval to trigger divorce proceedings with the EU, and the decision [...]
Former Lib Dem energy secretary Ed Davey has been blocked from accessing a report he commissioned November 6, 2016 A former Lib Dem minister has been barred from accessing a renewable energy report that he commissioned while in office. Ed Davey served as energy secretary for three years to May 2015, when he was ousted by Conservative James Berry as the MP for Kingston and Surbiton. Read More: Farron compares Goldsmith by-election to famous Poll [...]
Labour WON’T block Article 50 insists deputy leader, despite Corbyn’s demands for “Brexit bottom lines” November 6, 2016 Labour's position on Article 50 has been thrown into doubt less than a day after Jeremy Corbyn said he was prepared to force Theresa May to call an election if she didn't meet his “Brexit bottom lines”. Corbyn told the Sunday Mirror that he was not against the Prime Minister triggering Article 50, but would [...]
Nigel Farage warns of political anger “the likes of which we’ve never seen” November 6, 2016 Nigel Farage has added fuel to the fire in the row over how Brexit will be triggered, warning that there would be unprecedented political anger among people who might feel "cheated" and "betrayed". "If the people in this country think they're going to be cheated, that they're going to be betrayed, we're going to see political [...]
MPs want to scrap the pensions triple lock to help millennials November 6, 2016 A group of top MPs have called on the government to scrap the favourable triple lock on state pensions because it favours the baby boomer generation over struggling millennials. The MPs said the promise to guarantee the state pension with a yearly rise in line with either inflation, average earnings or 2.5 per cent, whichever [...]
Gina Miller condemns “shameful” and “disgraceful” media coverage of Article 50 case November 6, 2016 Gina MIller, the woman who led the high profile legal challenge to Article 50, has insisted the case is about the way we leave Europe and not about changing the outcome of June's referendum. Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show on Sunday Morning, she hit back at the response of some media to the case, which [...]
Theresa May is promising Brexit “in full” November 6, 2016 Theresa May has promised a full Brexit after the process of leaving the EU was thrown into doubt in the wake of a legal ruling over how Article 50 can be triggered, risking an unprecedented constitutional row. The Prime Minister has said it is the "responsibility of the government to get on with the job and to [...]
World’s most ground-breaking battle ships to be built on the Clyde November 5, 2016 The most advanced warships in the world are going to be built in Britain next summer, according to reports. The Times reports that defence secretary Michael Fallon has said the Royal Navy's eight new ships will be constructed on the Clyde, as part of a contract with BAE Systems. The frigates will be Type 26 global [...]