General Election 2015: Unrepresentative samples are to blame for pollsters’ failure to predict victory for the Conservatives January 19, 2016 The failure of pollsters to accurately predict the outcome of the General Election was largely the fault of "unrepresentative" samples, an inquiry has found. A panel of experts set up by the British Polling Council found the methods of sample recruitment used by the polling organisations resulted in systematic over-representation of Labour voters and under-representation [...]
EU referendum: The UK’s property sector is emphatically against the idea of a Brexit January 18, 2016 The UK's property sector is not enthusiastic about the idea, a new poll has shown – with 65 per cent saying leaving the EU would have a negative impact on investment in the sector. No kidding. The poll, by property consultancy Carter Jonas, also found 10 per cent of those surveyed said they would consider relocating [...]
Everything you need to know about why MPs are debating whether to ban Donald Trump from the UK today January 18, 2016 MPs are gearing up to debate whether or not Donald Trump should be banned from the UK today. The debate follows a petition to have the controversial mogul and US presidential candidate banned from the UK, which garnered over 560,000 signatures in a matter of days. When is the debate happening? The petition to ban [...]
Londoners don’t want students to be classed as immigrants January 17, 2016 The majority of Londoners don’t see foreign students studying in London as immigrants although they are counted as such in official immigration numbers, a survey for lobby group London First has found. Polling, revealed exclusively by City A.M., shows 17 per cent of people think of non-EU international students studying in Britain as immigrants, while only [...]
Alex Salmond wants to ban Donald Trump from the UK and Jeremy Corbyn wants to take him to a mosque ahead of petition debate in parliament January 17, 2016 The war of words between the former First Minister Alex Salmond and wannabe President Donald Trump escalated today, after the Scottish MP backed calls to ban the billionaire from the UK over anti-Muslim comments. The two are unlikely to become the best of friends – Trump labelled Salmond a "has-been" with an "over-inflated ego" before Christmas in [...]
Davos 2016: Who’s who at the World Economic Forum (and who’s notably absent) – from Leonardo DiCaprio to Travis Kalanick and George Osborne January 17, 2016 If it seems like Davos reads like a who’s who of the world elite, you wouldn’t be wrong. On the Swiss slopes, the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum which kicks off this Wednesday, brings together the world’s biggest politicians, business leaders and a sprinkling of celebrities to liven things up too Leonardo DiCaprio is the [...]
Government reportedly mulling over £400m to save Tata plant in Scunthorpe amid fears steel giant will axe another 1,000 jobs in Port Talbot January 17, 2016 Whitehall is reportedly considering loaning £400m to rescue Tata’s Scunthorpe plant, amid fears that the steel giant is gearing up to reveal more job cuts at its Port Talbot plant. The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that the department for business is weighing up a £400m loan as part of a takeover by the private [...]
EU referendum: Eurosceptic MP Nick Herbert will lead pro-EU campaign Conservatives for Reform in Europe warning Brexit is “jump into the void” January 17, 2016 Eurosceptic MP and former minister NIck Herbert who campaigned to keep Britain out of the euro will lead a new Tory group lobbying for the UK to remain part of the European Union, warning a Brexit would be a "jump into a void". The new group, Conservatives for Reform in Europe (CRE), believes that the UK should [...]
Jeremy Corbyn threatens to block firms’ dividend payments unless they pay the living wage January 16, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn is proposing an idea unlikely to win him any friends in the City. The Labour leader is suggesting blocking dividend payments for companies that don’t pay their employees the living wage. In a speech to the Fabian Society today, Corbyn will suggest that pay inequality is “holding back growth”: Of the G7 nations [...]
Fed documents reveal internal unease over quantitative easing January 16, 2016 When the Federal Reserve launched the expansion of its quantitative easing programme in 2010, it was despite several policymakers’ misgivings over what impact this would have on the dollar. Documents freshly released from the Fed’s 2010 meeting reveal internal fears that the programme would be bashed internationally as an attempt to send the dollar lower, [...]