EU referendum: Most mechanical engineers back Remain but 60 per cent say EU bureaucracy is detrimental to UK manufacturing and engineering June 9, 2016 A majority of mechanical engineers back the UK's membership of the EU as it gives better access to markets, but are concerned about EU bureaucracy hampering UK manufacturing and engineering. A survey of 2,765 members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) found 56 per cent support staying in the EU, compared with 27 per [...]
Tory MP Sarah Wollaston ditches Vote Leave over “untrue” NHS claims June 8, 2016 Tory MP Sarah Wollaston has quit Vote Leave claiming the Brexit group's assertion that leaving the EU would free up £350m for the NHS "simply isn't true". The health select committee chairman told the BBC: "For someone like me who has long campaigned for open and honest data in public life I could not have set foot on [...]
London mayor Khan faces cross-party fury over fare freeze pledge June 8, 2016 London Mayor Sadiq Khan is facing cross-party fury after it emerged that a much-vaunted freeze on TfL fares would exclude large numbers of tickets. A four-year freeze on fares was the flagship policy in Khan's plans for London, with the former Tooting MP stating in his manifesto that “Londoners won't pay a penny for more [...]
The deadline for EU vote registrations have been extended to 9 June June 8, 2016 The government has confirmed a new deadline for voters to register for this month's EU referendum – midnight on 9 June. It comes after political pressure to introduce an extension following the collapse of online services ahead of last night's original deadline. The gov.uk site provided limited access between 22.15 and 00.00 after more than [...]
BHS select committee: The six best moments from today’s hearing featuring the former senior team, Retail Acquisition’s management and ex-owner Dominic Chappell June 8, 2016 MPs embarked on a marathon evidence session over the collapse of BHS this morning – and it featured death threats, yachts, and countless other incredible revelations. In case you had other things to do during the four-and-a-half hour hearing, we've put together a list of the best moments from an extraordinary select committee session. [custom id="157"] 1. [...]
EU referendum: Michael Gove says it’s government policy for Turkey to join EU June 8, 2016 Justice secretary Michael Gove has made the security argument for Brexit, pointing to Turkey's hypothetical accession to the EU as a reason to vote for the UK to leave the EU. Speaking at a Vote Leave event, Gove said it was both British and EU policy for Turkey to become a member of the EU. However, [...]
200,000 per hour were trying to register to vote in the EU referendum last night when online services crashed June 8, 2016 More than 200,000 people per hour were trying to register to vote in the build up to the collapse of online systems last night. Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock told the House of Commons today that the peak usage of the gov.uk site was three times the previous peak witnessed, of 74,000 per hour, just [...]
Ex-BHS boss Dominic Chappell threatened to kill chief exec Darren Topp, MPs hear at select committee hearing June 8, 2016 Dominic Chappell, the most recent owner of soon-to-be-wound-up BHS, threatened to kill the company's former chief executive, MPs in the business, innovation and skills and work and pensions committees heard this morning. During a session looking into the collapse of BHS, the retailer's ex-boss Darren Topp told the committees that Chappell had moved £1.5m out of BHS and into a company called BHS Sweden. [...]
PMQs today: Prime Minister David Cameron under pressure on zero-hour contracts and comments by pro-Leave ministers June 8, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron came under fire from opposition in PMQs today on zero-hour contracts in the aftermath of the revealed exploitation at Sports Direct. "Will the Prime Minister do what some other European countries have done and ban exploitative zero-hour contacts here?," Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn asked. David Cameron acknowledged that the practice of Sports [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says first savings found to fund his fares freeze, but some tickets will be excluded June 8, 2016 A major efficiency savings programme to enable fares on Transport for London services to be frozen until 2020 has been announced by the Mayor of London, but not all travel costs are set to be included. Sadiq Khan and London’s transport commissioner, Mike Brown, announced the plans which will allow the freeze to come into force without hitting [...]