General Election 2015: David Cameron vows to slash £10bn of regulation for small businesses April 27, 2015 David Cameron has said his party is engaged in a "battle for the backbone of Britain" and that meeting small businesses "pumps" him up, unveiling the Tories' small business manifesto in a noticeably more passionate address than in the previous weeks of campaigning. The Conservatives plan to relieve small businesses of £10bn worth of regulation [...]
General Election 2015: Spinning out of control? Small business letter of support sent from CCHQ address, includes dissolved businesses April 27, 2015 Are the Conservatives caught in a PR tailspin of their own making? The Tories may have got the backing of several thousand small businesses, but it seems that this support was not quite as spontaneous as it may appear. Labour supporters are highlighting how the letter was sent from a CCHQ address, and [...]
Nicola Sturgeon: “Ed Miliband can’t deny reality” and will have to talk with the SNP April 27, 2015 SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said Ed Miliband "can't deny reality" and will have to be prepared "to talk and to compromise" with the SNP if Labour falls short of a parliamentary majority. After a week when the Tories hammered home the dangers to England of an SNP-Labour deal Ed Miliband gave the clearest indication yet that [...]
General Election 2015: Labour bids to woo first time buyers with stamp duty pause April 27, 2015 Labour will today announce that it would scrap stamp duty for first-time buyers on properties worth up to £300,000, for the first three years it is in government. The move is seen as a bid to win over younger voters and pull ahead of the Conservatives, as polls continue to show the two parties neck-and-neck [...]
General Election 2015: Supreme Creations’ CEO Smruti Sriram wants more investment in young people April 27, 2015 ELECTION COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS TO GO Every day until the final week of the election campaign, we ask a business leader to say what policies would entice them to vote for a particular party. SMRUTI SRIRAM: CEO, SUPREME CREATIONS I would like to see more policies which focus on empowering young people. [...]
General Election 2015: Ed Miliband slings hook on deal with the SNP April 27, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband moved yesterday to rule out any prospect of a deal with the Scottish National Party (SNP) after the election. “If there is a Labour government, it would be a Labour Queen’s speech. It’ll be a Labour budget. It will not be written by the SNP. I couldn’t be clearer than that,” [...]
General Election 2015: Tory donors want Boris Johnson to replace David Cameron as party leader April 26, 2015 David Cameron's days as head of the Conservatives may be limited, if party donors have it their way. Two supporters who made substantial contributions in recent years have expressed dissatisfaction at the way he is leading the party, and say they want Boris Johnson to replace him if he loses the General Election on 7 [...]
General Election 2015: The odds of Labour-SNP coalition just shortened as Sturgeon warns Miliband he will have to “change his tune” over a deal April 26, 2015 Ed Miliband may have spent the day insisting that he's not interested in doing a deal with the SNP after the General Election, but more people are betting that it will happen. Odds on a coalition between the two parties have shortened to 10/1 from 12/1 with hefty backing from political punters, Ladbrokes has said. [...]
General Election 2015: Rent controls pledged by Labour to woo “generation rent” April 26, 2015 Ed Miliband is seeking to woo a generation of voters priced out of the property market with a promise to stop landlords making significant increases to rents. The Labour leader has pledged to cap rent rises at no more than the rate of inflation over the term of a three-year tenancy if elected at the [...]
General Election 2015 interactive: Lord Ashcroft polls show Conservatives set to win Rochester and Strood from Ukip April 25, 2015 The Conservatives are on course to take the Ukip-held seat of Rochester and Strood, according to the latest Lord Ashcroft poll. The Tories would take the seat by 37 per cent to Ukip’s 30 per cent according to the survey. It pus Labour in third on 25 per cent followed by the Greens on four [...]