EU referendum: Business leaders tell David Cameron that Europe needs Britain in one more warning on Brexit April 13, 2016 Europe’s top business leaders will issue a personal plea to the Prime Minister today to do everything he can to keep Britain in the European Union, arguing that the continent’s economies benefit from the role the UK plays in Europe. Business lobby groups from Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands, along with the heads of [...]
Panama Papers scandal: Seven things we now know about MPs thanks to their tax returns April 12, 2016 Anybody who had ever wondered about the incomes and outgoings of MP's finances has been spoilt for choice recently, as many rushed to expose their own tax details in the wake of the Panama Paper's scandal. Here's seven things we now know about tax returns and politics thanks to the recent reveals: 1. We discovered [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Goldsmith attacks Khan’s allegations of Islamophobia as transport and housing prove the key battlegrounds April 12, 2016 Zac Goldsmith and Labour rival Sadiq Khan clashed from the word go at Tuesday's packed City A.M. debate, with the Tory candidate using his opening statement to dismiss the accusation that his campaign was divisive and Islamophobic. The Richmond Park MP tackled head-on the allegations from Khan and Labour supporters that he had allowed his campaign [...]
London mayoral election 2016: City A.M.’s debate between Conservative Zac Goldsmith and Labour’s Sadiq Khan – the Unregulated podcast April 12, 2016 London's mayoral election frontrunners went head to head at a debate hosted by City A.M. tonight, and the main points of the discussion can be heard on this podcast. Conservative hopeful Zac Goldsmith and Labour candidate Sadiq Khan covered a wide range of topics during the heated hustings, which were chaired by City A.M. editor [...]
London mayoral election 2016: The best bits of the one-on-one between Conservative Zac Goldsmith and Labour’s Sadiq Khan April 12, 2016 Neither Sadiq Khan nor Zac Goldsmith pulled any punches in City A.M.'s mayoral hustings, where the candidates traded blows on stage across a range of key issues. Here are the best bits. On the campaign trail Zac Goldsmith had this to say: In recent days Sadiq Khan has accused my campaign of being islamophobic …. Sadiq I have [...]
London mayoral debate: Goldsmith and Khan clash over Islamophobia accusations at City A.M. hustings April 12, 2016 Zac Goldsmith has questioned Sadiq Khan’s judgement and his suitability to lead London at the opening exchanges of tonight’s City A.M. mayoral debate, as the Conservative candidate went on the offensive over accusations that his campaign was “Islamophobic”. This morning, Labour’s Yvette Cooper wrote in The Times that Goldsmith’s campaign that “started as a subtle dog-whistle is [...]
EU referendum: Liam Fox raises questions over legality of David Cameron’s reform deal with European leaders April 12, 2016 Pro-Leave MP Dr Liam Fox has raised questions over the legality of the agreement that Prime Minister David Cameron came to with European leaders in Brussels in February. Speaking to the foreign affairs select committee Fox said that the UK is being asked to determine its relationship with the EU on the basis that "we have a [...]
Multinationals including Facebook, Google, and Amazon could be forced to make their EU tax documents public April 12, 2016 Multinationals such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook are in danger of being forced by the European Commission to disclose in exactly which European Union countries they pay tax and how much. Under the proposals, announced this afternoon by EU Financial Services Commissioner Jonathan Hill, all multinational companies with a turnover greater than €750m (£600m) would have to comply [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Zac Goldsmith promises to create half a million new jobs in the next four years April 12, 2016 Conservative London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has attempted to woo Londoners today by promises to create half a million new jobs in the capital over the next four years. Speaking at a manifesto launch this morning, Goldsmith said that he would invest in infrastructure and keep the economy strong, thereby creating jobs. Read more: Khan and Goldsmith trade [...]
EU referendum: David Miliband warns Brexit would be “tragic miscalculation”. Vote Leave says voters will be in “no mood for lectures” from former Labour MP April 12, 2016 Quiet everybody – David Miliband has come out of hiding and wants to say something about Brexit. Pipe down at the back, there. The former politician, who lost the Labour leadership race with his brother Ed in 2010 and quit as an MP in 2013, has warned: "No nation in human peacetime history has voluntarily given up [...]