Free movement is gone – but business can still persuade the public of the benefits of migration August 25, 2016 Britain may have a new home secretary and a new PM, but the quarterly immigration figures, out today, look set to tell the same old story. The government remains nowhere near meeting its “tens of thousands” net migration target and new polling shows the public doesn’t think it’s likely to. But business voices hoping Amber [...]
Theresa May warned lower migration could trigger recession August 25, 2016 The prime minister has been warned cutting migration could push the UK into recession and trigger a prolonged economic slowdown. As new figures are set to show net migration still running at more than three times the government’s “tens of thousands” target, experts lined up to slam Theresa May’s commitment to cut the number of new [...]
WPP chief and Remain campaigner Martin Sorrell wants second EU vote August 24, 2016 Sir Martin Sorrell, the founder and chief executive of advertising giant WPP, wants the British public to be offered a second vote on EU membership after Brexit terms have been negotiated. Sorrell, who campaigned for Remain in the run-up to the EU referendum, told City A.M.: “I still hold out the hope that sense will [...]
The US is not happy about the EU’s crackdown on tech giants’ tax arrangements August 24, 2016 Top officials in the US have raised concerns over Europe's probes into the tax arrangements of companies such as Apple, an investigation of which is due to be wrapped up imminently and could result in a multi-billion pound bill for the tech company. The US Treasury argues it will create an "unfortunate" precedent in international tax policies and leave taxpayers [...]
Jeremy Corbyn’s claims of support from Bernie Sanders have been rubbished by the Vermont senator August 24, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn is facing fresh embarrassment after Vermont senator Bernie Sanders rubbished the Labour leader's claims of sending a message of support. Speaking at a campaign event on Monday evening in East London, Corbyn claimed Sanders had contacted his team over the weekend. However, Sanders' camp have denied that there had been any message transmitted from [...]
EU wades in to Greek statistician row with bailout threats August 24, 2016 Never far from the headlines, the Greek debt crisis rumbles on. Now, a row in the country over data supplied by its official statistics agency Elstat could risk Athens' current bailout programme. Earlier this month Greece’s Supreme Court ruled the former head of Elstat, Andreas Georgiou, should face trial on charges of artificially inflating Greece’s deficit in 2009 to help foreign creditors secure [...]
US-Russia relations: Clinton to aggressively push “containment” in post-Cold War world while Trump could reset policy August 24, 2016 A Donald Trump presidency "would open the possibility of a significant improvement in US-Russia relations, albeit with some major caveats", according to BMI Research. Trump has espoused "an unusually Russia-friendly foreign policy, to the extent that his domestic opponents have labelled him as President Vladimir Putin's favoured candidate," BMI said in a new report. In July, [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has reacted angrily to fresh questions as #traingate rumbles into a second day August 24, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has reacted angrily to fresh questions over a spat with Virgin Trains revolving around a video complaining of a “ram-packed” service. Corbyn put out a video of him sitting on a train floor last week, arguing that over-crowding was a further illustration of the need for the nationalisation of the train [...]
Manchester United legend Gary Neville has slammed Owen Smith’s plans to seek a fresh public vote on Brexit August 24, 2016 One of England's most-capped international footballers has slammed Labour's Owen Smith for vowing to fight Brexit without a fresh vote. Former England and Manchester United great Gary Neville blasted Smith after the Pontypridd MP said he would seek to block any attempt to take the UK out of the EU without a fresh referendum or [...]
From Corrie to the Commons – Is a former soap star lining up a bid to replace Jo Cox? August 24, 2016 Murdered MP Jo Cox could reportedly be replaced by a former star of Coronation Street, Eastenders and Holby City. According to The Sun, Tracy Brabin, who featured in Coronation Street for eight years as Tricia Armstrong, will announce a bid for to be the Labour candidate for the seat within days. A source in the [...]