Manufacturers warn new National Living Wage will increase costs and uncertainty October 1, 2015 The new National Living Wage (NLW) stands to give 2.5m British workers a pay rise, but half of British manufacturers are worried about the impact compulsory higher wages will have on their business. According to a new survey out today from the EEF, 45 per cent of manufacturers say they are concerned the NLW – set to go into [...]
Could Nicky Morgan be the next Conservative leader? Women and equalities minister says she is considering the top job when David Cameron steps down October 1, 2015 A woman should be in the running to become the next Conservative leader, education secretary Nicky Morgan has said, hinting that she may throw her own name into the hat for the top job. Morgan, who has risen quickly through the Tory ranks to sit on Cameron's front bench, said in an interview published today [...]
The Conservatives are launching their own trade union movement to win over “moderate” unionists October 1, 2015 The Conservatives are launching their own trade union movement, which will target workers unhappy with more “militant” leaders. It might sound like an oxymoron, but Harlow MP and the party's deputy chairman Rob Halfon said the Conservative Workers and Trade Union movement was designed for right-wing trade unionists. “There will be a voice [...]
EU referendum: Lord Lawson to head up Brexit group Conservatives for Britain, warning negotiations will yield “wafer thin” reforms October 1, 2015 The former chancellor Nigel Lawson is to head up Conservatives for Britain, the campaign group that will advocate Britain leaving the European Union, in the run up to the forthcoming referendum. Lord Lawson, who is famously Eurosceptic, said while he "applauds" David Cameron's attempts to negotiate reforms with the EU, he expected the government would [...]
Labour party conference 2015: Housing is the capital’s greatest challenge says London mayor candidate Sadiq Khan September 30, 2015 Labour's candidate for mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said next May’s election in the capital will be a “referendum on London’s housing crisis”. Addressing the party's conference delegates in Brighton, Khan said that housing was “the greatest challenge facing our city that now affects all Londoners, regardless of age or income” and vowed to [...]
Iran nuclear deal: Oil boss Ian Taylor “can’t see” sanctions being lifted till next year September 30, 2015 The Iran nuclear deal may have been reached two months ago, but economic sanctions against the Middle Eastern country are likely to remain in place until February or March next year, the boss of a multinational commodity trader has warned. At the Kazenergy forum in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan's capital, Vitol chief executive Ian [...]
EU migrant crisis: Man found dead near tracks of Channel Tunnel September 30, 2015 A man of Eritrean origin was found dead early this morning near the tracks of the Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel has confirmed. The man, in his twenties, was discovered on the French side of the route, which thousands of migrants have attempted to cross since the start of the refugee crisis this summer. John [...]
Russia votes to put ground troops in Syria September 30, 2015 Russia's upper house has approved President Vladimir Putin's request to deploy ground troops to Syria. Lawmakers have given unanimous approval for the country's armed forces to enter the war-torn country, paving the way for a rapid intervention, Russia media is reporting. The Russian constitution requires the president to seek permission from the upper house before [...]
Jeremy Corbyn attacks big business as he says “no” to “hedge fund tax breaks” September 29, 2015 Jeremy Corbyn used his first conference speech as Labour leader today to attack the Conservative government and the money manager donors that support them. Telling conference delegates that they "don't have to accept what [they are] given", Corbyn said that Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservatives are "paid for by the few" and only [...]
Boris Johnson’s mum Charlotte Johnson Wahl has never voted Tory September 29, 2015 Boris Johnson might be working his way up to the top job, but there's at least one person who has never (and by the sounds of it, may never) vote for him: his mum. Painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl says she has “never voted Tory in my life” – and thinks it is “extraordinary” that [...]