Leave campaigners unveil manifesto for post-Brexit reforms June 15, 2016 With less than 10 days to go before the referendum, Leave campaigners have unveiled a raft of reforms designed to be implemented if the UK votes to exit Europe. While senior leave campaigners including former London mayor Boris Johnson and justice secretary Michael Gove have insisted they want Prime Minister David Cameron to remain in [...]
EU referendum: Rolls-Royce tells UK staff to vote Remain June 15, 2016 UK engineering firm Rolls-Royce has backed a Remain vote in next week's EU referendum, and said a vote to leave could be a boon to the company's US competitors. The company's chief executive, Warren East, warned staff that Brexit could result in decisions being put on hold. These decisions include the questions of whether to [...]
EU referendum: Conservative MPs threaten to bring down their own government in Brexit row June 15, 2016 A host of Conservative MPs have threatened to vote down a revenue-raising post-Brexit budget as the civil war engulfing the Conservative Party reaches new heights. As George Osborne threatened Brexit would force him to raise new taxes or cut spending to plug a £30bn hold in the public finances, 57 Conservatives have this morning issued [...]
EU referendum: Ken Clarke reflects on a life spent pondering Europe June 15, 2016 Ken Clarke has not written the final chapter of his memoirs. It will be written, he says, after 23 June, so he can look back on the referendum on the European Union. After all, Europe is a thorny issue that has engulfed his political life, often put him at odds with his party and arguably [...]
Betting odds indicate 62 per cent probability of Remain as banks plan to draft in senior traders ahead of referendum night volatility June 15, 2016 Betting odds indicate that there is now a 62 per cent probability of a Remain vote in next week's referendum, according to Betfair. The implied probability of an In vote fell on Tuesday to around 55 per cent but then recovered to around 62 per cent later in the day, the bookmaker said. The slight [...]
MPs cast doubt on government promises to working parents, warning that the early years system might not be capable of delivering on free childcare plans June 15, 2016 MPs have today warned the government may not be able to deliver on a set of promises designed to benefit working parents. A report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned that there may not be enough childcare providers to fulfil the government's pledge of an additional 15 hours of free childcare a week to working families [...]
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson to argue that a Remain vote in the EU referendum would create one million new jobs June 15, 2016 Labour deputy leader Tom Watson will today claim that remaining inside the EU would create more than a million jobs in the UK by 2030. Speaking in London tomorrow, Watson will argue that future EU trade would open up markets in digital services energy and tourism. Treasury figures have forecast that long-term benefits of a [...]
George Osborne and Alistair Darling to forecast £30bn of revenue raising after a Brexit vote June 15, 2016 Chancellor George Osborne is to team with his immediate predecessor to warn that a Brexit vote would trigger an emergency “Brexit budget”, with the aim of raising £30bn. Osborne and former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling will today forecast tens of billions of spending cuts and tax rises if the UK votes to leave. The pair [...]
Fewer children can get first choice school places because of immigration, Leave campaigner Priti Patel has warned June 14, 2016 Leave campaigners have seized on new figures from the Department for Education which warn that the number of applications for school places is continuing to rise, while fewer students are able to get their first choices. Figures from the DfE show that 84.1 per cent of children were allocated places at their first choice for [...]
EU referendum: Just one in 10 bets taken in past two days back Remain as Leave makes strides in polls June 14, 2016 Punters are starting to back the pro-Brexit camp with just one in 10 bets placed in the last 48 hours being in favour of Remain with one bookmaker. While a slew of polls has put Leave ahead of Remain, Sporting Index has also found a flood of bets backing Leave over the past 48 hours has [...]