Greece invites the IMF to join in upcoming bailout talks July 29, 2015 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday confirmed that it had been invited by Greece to enter into negotiations with European creditors over a third bailout deal worth up to €86bn (£60.8bn). "We confirm that we have received a letter from the Greek authorities indicating that they are seeking a new loan facility from the IMF. We [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Donald Trump is the leading Republican candidate in the polls July 29, 2015 Another day, another way for Donald Trump to say something that alienates himself. This has characterised much of his short Republican nomination campaign. Just last week, alluding to a prominent Republican's time as a Vietnamese POW, he mocked Senator John McCain – the guy who won the Republican nomination and ran against President Obama in [...]
Prime Minister David Cameron says the UK government will do everything it can to combat migrant crisis in Calais July 29, 2015 After 1,500 migrants tried to reach the UK via the Channel Tunnel, David Cameron has warned he is “very concerned” by the growing Calais crisis. Speaking as the UK confirmed an extra £7m in funding for new fencing at the Channel Tunnel in France, Cameron said he felt sympathy for British holidaymakers and that the [...]
SNP bites back at PM after David Cameron vows to halt second Scottish independence referendum July 28, 2015 The SNP has rejected Prime Minister David Cameron’s claim that he would block another vote on Scottish independence. On Monday, Cameron said that he had the ability to shoot down a second referendum did “not see the need for another” vote. “It will be my ultimate decision, in line with the democratic decision-making processes of the [...]
London mayoral hopeful Tessa Jowell: City workers would be better off commuting from Madrid July 28, 2015 London mayoral hopeful Tessa Jowell’s team has been crunching numbers – and it turns out capital dwellers might be better off commuting to the City from Madrid rather than living in London. You read that right. Based on the average cost of commuting from a one-bedroom flat in north London to a job in the [...]
Andy Burnham: The Labour party lacks the courage to win back voters July 28, 2015 The frontrunner in the Labour leadership contest, Andy Burnham, will try to turn Labour infighting to his advantage by warning that the party has become “frightened of its own shadow” and would lack the courage to create the NHS today. In a speech today, he will seek to address the surprise surge in popularity of [...]
Lord Sewel bows to pressure and quits House of Lords amid sex and drugs allegations July 28, 2015 Lord Sewel of Gilcomstoun has bowed to pressure and stepped down from the House of Lords after allegedly taking cocaine with a pair of £200-a-night sex workers at his apartment in Dolphin Square, in Pimlico. In an expose by the Sun on Sunday this weekend, the paper alleged it had filmed him reclining and smoking [...]
David Cameron: There will be no second Scottish independence referendum while I am Prime Minister July 28, 2015 The Prime Minister has rejected claims by Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon that she will dictate when a second Scottish independence referendum takes place, ruling out another vote in the current parliament. The timing of a second vote, Sturgeon said, would ultimately be her decision, agreeing with Alex Salmond, former SNP leader, that it [...]
UK house prices: MPs form new cross-party group over housing crisis July 27, 2015 Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum have banded together to tackle the housing crisis as a new report shows first-time buyers are bearing the brunt of rapidly increasing house prices. The new all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for housing and planning, which includes Tory and Labour MPs, as well as cross-bench peers, will [...]
Lord Sewel takes leave amid drug and prostitute scandal July 27, 2015 Lord Sewel said last night that he would take a leave of absence from the House of Lords pending a police investigation into allegations that he took drugs with prostitutes. Over the weekend, the Sun on Sunday newspaper published video footage appearing to show an undressed Sewel snorting cocaine through a rolled-up bank note with [...]