Budget 2016: Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) director Paul Johnson says chancellor George Osborne “really is running out wriggle room” March 17, 2016 Chancellor George Osborne will likely need to hike taxes or cut spending if he is to meet his self-imposed target of balancing the budget by the end of the decade, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned. Paul Johnson, who runs the influential think tank, said today that the chancellor has [...]
President Obama nominates next Supreme Court judge after the death of Antonin Scalia last month March 17, 2016 US President Barrack Obama has nominated court of appeals judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, replacing Antonin Scalia. Garland is viewed as a moderate and has received support from both Democrats and Republicans in his career. “I’ve selected a nominee who is widely recognised not only as one of America’s sharpest legal minds, but someone who [...]
Fear that young voters are “frozen out” of democractic process with EU referendum and London mayoral election looming March 17, 2016 Young people are being are being frozen out of the democratic process as they become increasing disconnected from it, a new study has warned. With the EU referendum and London mayoral election looming, the democratic process is failing to connect with younger people. The research found a key barrier to voting was electoral registration, with four [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton get the vote from mergers and acquisitions experts, according to new research March 17, 2016 Mergers and acquisitions experts would most like to see Donald Trump walk into the White House, with Hillary Clinton a close second, according to new research. Research from Brunswick Group found that from a dealmaking perspective, Trump would be the best electoral outcome. In a year when Presidential hopefuls have rhetorically come down on big [...]
EDF Energy to be grilled by MPs over Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant March 17, 2016 EDF Energy will be grilled by a group of MPs next week over the controversial Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset. EDF's chief executive Vincent de Rivaz, and managing director of new nuclear build Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson, will appear before the energy and climate change select committee on Wednesday. It comes as French economy minister Emmanuel Macron pledged fresh financing [...]
EU referendum: With under 100 days to go Remain and Leave are neck-and-neck March 17, 2016 With under 100 days to go until the all important EU referendum, the Leave and Remain camps are neck-and-neck as no sides have yet made a breakthrough. According to a new poll Leave is level with Remain but many people are still undecided on how to vote. When people who said they intend to vote in [...]
EU migrant crisis: Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel make migration warnings ahead of critical EU summit with Turkey March 17, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have issued warnings on the scale of migration that can be expected to continue if action is not taken. Ahead of an EU summit today, Merkel said that Turkey should be praised in what it has done, while Europe has not "covered itself with glory in [...]
EU referendum: British politicians write open letter to President Barack Obama urging him against intervention March 17, 2016 A group of cross party MPs have written an open letter to President Barack Obama to tell him to stay out of the EU debate. Five MPs and MEP Nigel Farage have written to the president in a personal appeal, calling on him to refrain from entering the EU debate when he visits the UK. [...]
Donald Trump becoming next US president is a bigger risk to the world than jihadi terrorism and Brexit, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit March 17, 2016 China's economy experiencing a sharper-than-expected slowdown is the world's biggest risk, according to the wonks over at the Economist Intelligence Unit. "If China's economy slows by more than we currently expect, it will further feed the ongoing global commodity price slump, with a hugely detrimental impact on those Latin American, Middle Eastern and Sub-Saharan African states that [...]
Welsh e-cigarette ban is defeated after Labour politician makes ‘cheap date’ jibe at Plaid Cymru March 16, 2016 Welsh Labour plans to ban e-cigarettes in public places where children and young people are present were defeated today. The decision came as a surprise given that Plaid Cymru had originally given its Assembly members a free vote on the issue. However, the party instructed its members to vote against the e-cigarette ban after Labour member and [...]