Poll: Tory MPs would cheer Corbyn victory August 18, 2015 The #Tories for Corbyn movement may have found more supporters – on the Conservative backbenches. More than half of Tory backbench MPs would “cheer” the election of the left-wing candidate Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, according to a new poll out today from Maitland, a communications firm. Maitland polled 89 backbench MPs earlier this month, [...]
Greeks work longer hours than any other Europeans August 18, 2015 Think “lazy Greeks” and “hard-working Germans”? Well, put your stereotypes away, because it turns out Greece is actually the country with longest average working hours in Europe. Germans, meanwhile, work fewer hours than any other Europeans, according data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Greece may have suffered bad press recently, but [...]
Labour leadership race: Jeremy Corbyn and Andy Burnham pledge to work together while Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham tell each other to withdraw from the contest August 18, 2015 Is there a bromance blossoming among Labour leadership candidates? After Andy Burnham used a speech to praise Jeremy Corbyn and offer him a role in "rebuilding" the party, Corbyn has said he could work with Burnham, too. Speaking to BBC's Newsnight, Corbyn said: “Obviously there has to be a party of all the talents and [...]
Meet London mayor hopeful and Labour MP Diane Abbott: Can the left wing regain City Hall? August 18, 2015 Diane Abbott may be Labour’s most left-wing hopeful for mayor of London, but the longtime MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington insists that she is not campaigning to become the next Ken Livingstone. “I’m not the second coming of Ken Livingstone,” Abbott told City A.M. yesterday in her Portcullis House office. “Different gender for [...]
Labour leadership race: Former foreign secretary David Miliband pledges support to Liz Kendall while warning of the risks of electing Jeremy Corbyn August 17, 2015 Former Labour frontbencher David Miliband has pledged his support to Liz Kendall in the Labour leadership contest. Writing in the Guardian, Miliband said he has been “struck since the beginning of the campaign by the plain speaking, fresh thinking and political courage of Liz Kendall and the new generation of politicians – Chuka Umunna, Emma [...]
Labour leadership race: Andy Burnham pledges to involve Jeremy Corbyn in “rebuilding” the party if he becomes Labour leader August 17, 2015 Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham has committed to involving Jeremy Corbyn in “rebuilding" the party if he wins the contest. Read more: Shadow chancellor Chris Leslie confirms he would not serve under Jeremy Corbyn On the same day the first votes on who will be the next leader of the party were due to be cast, [...]
Republican Presidential nominee frontrunner Donald Trump finally has a policy August 17, 2015 Given multi-billionaire Donald Trump’s controversial comments about Mexican immigrants since the start of his Presidential campaign, it is perhaps not surprising that when he finally came out with a policy, it was on the issue of migration across the Mexican-American border. Read more: Donald Trump goes up in the Republican Presidential nomination polls after each [...]
Unemployed young people to attend job “boot camp” under new government plans August 17, 2015 Young unemployed people will be forced to attend a “boot camp” to help them back into work, under new plans set out by the government today. The compulsory three-week camp is part of a “no excuses” approach to reducing youth unemployment, said paymaster general Matt Hancock in a statement. The policy will come into force [...]
London mayoral hopeful Andrew Boff’s radical plan for housing and transport August 16, 2015 London Assembly member Andrew Boff may be trailing in the polls behind his fellow Tory mayoral hopefuls. However, sitting down with City A.M. last week in his office in City Hall, the leader of the Greater London Authority Conservatives said he is confident he can win the open primary to be Tory candidate. “Of course [...]
Non-voting Lords have claimed £360,000 in expenses, says report August 16, 2015 Members of the House of Lords who did not vote in the last parliamentary session claimed over £100,000 in expenses, according to a new report from the Electoral Reform Society campaign organisation. Researchers found that in the past five years, non-voting peers claimed £360,000, with only 10 members responsible for just under two-thirds of the [...]