Business sounds alarm over Osborne’s “fiscal straightjacket” June 10, 2015 A respected business body has criticised the Tories' plans for strict fiscal rules – expected to be unveiled at the Chancellor's Mansion House speech later today – saying "no government should put itself in a fiscal straitjacket". Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will use his major speech to the City to introduce a new law [...]
Tower Hamlets mayoral elections: Who are the candidates, who is going to win and how will the vote split change from last year? June 10, 2015 Tower Hamlets is going to the polls, for yet another hotly contested election, just one year after the last vote. Why is it being held now? Tower Hamlets voters went to polls just over a year ago, with incumbent Lutfer Rahman being returned with a small majority over his Labour rival John Biggs. [...]
David Cameron claims that cutting corruption could boost global economy by £380bn per year June 10, 2015 Cutting corruption by just 10 per cent could boost the global economy by £380bn, David Cameron has claimed. Speaking after Prime Minister's Questions, he addressed Parliament to inform MPs of his progress at the G7 summit held earlier this week. Read more: Corruption hits economic growth – and markets can do nothing to stop it The [...]
Tower Hamlets mayoral election: Police will be monitoring voting tomorrow to curb “fraudulent activity” June 10, 2015 It's not just voters who are heading to the polls in Tower Hamlets tomorrow – there will be a heavy police presence too. The Metropolitan Police will be overseeing the highly contested mayoral election, with officers stationed at polling booths around the borough in an effort to curb "fraudulent activity". Additional officers are [...]
David Miliband says Labour “has turned the page backwards” in critique of brother’s leadership June 10, 2015 Labour has "turned the page backwards", David Miliband said last night, in his strongest critique yet of his brother's leadership of the party. The former foreign secretary, who lost out on the Labour leadership to his brother Ed Miliband, claimed there was "a very clear reason" for Labour's electoral defeat. In an interview with CNN, [...]
TTIP vote delayed after MEPs put forward 200 amendments June 10, 2015 TTIP, the controversial trade deal between the EU and US, could be delayed indefinitely after more than 200 amendments were tabled by MEPs at the last minute. The European Parliament was expected to vote on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership today but President Martin Schulz has been forced to pushed it back after [...]
Trade union delegates boo Labour leader candidate Andy Burnham in Dublin June 9, 2015 Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham faced a tough crowd in Dublin yesterday, where he was booed by trade union delegates. Burnham – who is widely seen as the favourite in a field that includes Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall, Mary Creagh and Jeremy Corbyn – was participating in a GMB hustings event with his fellow candidates [...]
Boris Johnson says ministers should be allowed to campaign to leave the EU June 9, 2015 Boris Johnson has said that ministers should be allowed to campaign freely in the upcoming EU referendum. Government ministers should have free reign to campaign on their conscience, he said, adding it would be "safer and more harmonious" for David Cameron to let them do so. As MPs debated in the House of Commons over [...]
The Eurozone will collapse without Greece – Tsipras June 9, 2015 The Eurozone will fall apart if Greece leaves, according to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Tsipras said a Grexit would be “the beginning of the end” for the Eurozone, saying markets would be spooked and would begin looking for a new weakest link. His comments come a day after Angela Merkel warned Greece was running [...]
EU referendum: MPs clash over voting franchise and reforms in debate June 9, 2015 Members of Parliament filled the House of Commons to debate the government's proposed EU referendum, as parties clashed over the future of the UK and the EU. Foreign secretary Phillip Hammond introduced the EU Referendum Bill, calling it a "simple but vital piece of legislation". He said that the EU is often seen as "something [...]