EU migrant crisis: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker want “binding” EU quotas for refugees September 9, 2015 The European Commission is planning to impose binding quotas for EU countries to accept a further 160,000 asylum seekers, with President Jean-Claude Juncker warning "the bell tolls". Speaking in the European Parliament this morning, the EC boss said there must be a “swift, determined and comprehensive” response to the refugee crisis, and that it "has [...]
Labour leadership election: Key business policies from Jeremy Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall September 9, 2015 With three days until the new Labour leader is announced, we've looked at the business policies from each of the four candidates. Read more: Candidates clash over business as Kendall urges party to back "wealth creation" Jeremy Corbyn Corbyn has argued for a fundamental shift in economic policy. Corbyn is considered the most left-wing candidate [...]
Labour leadership odds 2015: When did it start to look like Jeremy Corbyn might win? September 9, 2015 It feels like the Labour leadership campaign has been going on for eons. But here we are, at the final hurdle. It’s now just three days until the result is announced. During General Election a few months ago, it was said bookies outperformed pollsters when it came to predicting the result – with many polls predicting [...]
Heathrow Airport expansion plans: Just build the third runway says business September 9, 2015 Business leaders are putting more pressure on the government today to move ahead with building a new runway at Heathrow. At an event in Westminster this morning, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye, Icap group chief executive Michael Spencer and Arora International chief executive Surinder Arora, among others, will call on ministers to make a [...]
Labour leadership election 2015: Jeremy Corbyn to meet former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis at anti-austerity meeting in London September 8, 2015 Anti-austerity fans have something to look forward to next week, when the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and Labour leader hopeful Jeremy Corbyn will share a platform to discuss alternatives to spending cuts. The two men will debate "austerity, humanitarian disaster and [the] market meltdown" – though of course, Corbyn may be leader by [...]
Greek General Election: Syriza ahead in latest poll by fine margin September 8, 2015 The latest poll for the upcoming Greek General Election has put Syriza ahead by a fine margin of 0.5 per cent. The poll, published in bankingnews.gr, showed Syriza on track to garner 27 per cent of the vote, with New Democracy, the party previously replaced by Syriza’s governing coalition, close behind on 26.5 per cent. [...]
David Cameron: Government authorised drone strikes on UK citizens September 8, 2015 The government authorised an unprecedented "precision" airstrike to kill British nationals in Syria last month, Prime Minister David Cameron said today. Reyaad Khan, a 21-year-old from Cardiff who was affiliated with Islamic State (IS), was targeted and killed on 21 August by an RAF drone near Raqqah in Syria, Cameron said. British aircraft are understood [...]
Cameron loses crunch vote over EU referendum as Tory backbenchers rebel September 8, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron was handed a bruising defeat late last night as a coalition of Labour, SNP and eurosceptic Conservatives rejected the government’s latest proposals surrounding the EU referendum. In Cameron’s first defeat of the new parliament, just 285 MPs backed the government’s amendment to the EU referendum bill, while 312 MPs voted [...]
David Cameron: Britain will take up to 20,000 Syrian refugees in the next five years September 7, 2015 Britain will admit up to 20,000 Syrian refugees in the UK over the course of the next five years, David Cameron said today. The government will accept asylum seekers from refugee camps in and around Syria, granting resettled people five-year humanitarian protection visas. "Vulnerable children", especially orphans, would be the government's priority, Cameron said The [...]
Institute of Directors: Let’s make it easier to invest in startups by simplifying tax relief September 7, 2015 A leading business group has called on the government to simplify existing tax relief schemes in order to boost entrepreneurship. In a new report out this week, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has argued that the full potential of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is “not fully being realised”. [...]