The US and Russia still dominate arms exports, but China’s catching up March 16, 2015 The US is still the world's biggest exporter of arms, according to research by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Our western neighbour currently was responsible for 31 per cent of all exports across the world between 2010 and 2014, followed closely by Russia with 27 per cent. All other nations fell a [...]
Iran nuclear programme: Saudi Prince warns that if Iran strikes a deal, his country will want the same March 16, 2015 Prince Trurki al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia says that if the West strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, it is likely that many other countries will demand the same allowances. During an interview with the BBC, he warned that Saudi Arabia was among the nations that would seek the same rights, and that a situation where [...]
Hull City chair Assem Allam wants to stop unions roaring with £1m donation to Labour March 16, 2015 Hull City chairman Assem Allam will donate up to £1m to the Labour party, after having dinner with former Prime Minister Tony Blair. However, it is believed that the businessman will only put up the cash if Ed Miliband is prepared to take on the trade unions. Allam has already donated £200,000 to Labour, [...]
Budget 2015: Six things we expect to see in Wednesday’s announcement from George Osborne March 15, 2015 There will be no giveaways in the 2015 Budget, George Osborne has said. The Budget will be aimed at those who have worked hard all their lives, the chancellor said. But with no giveaways on the menu, what can we expect? Osborne told the BBC there would be “no giveaways, no gimmicks”. “Everything we do [...]
General Election 2015: Tony Blair adds to Labour warchest to help Miliband fight the Unions March 15, 2015 Tony Blair has flung himself back into the political fray, after it was revealed he organised a deal to secure Labour up to £1m of funding if it gets on the wrong side of its Unite donors. Blair set up a dinner at his home last week, at which Hull football club’s chairman, Assem Allam, [...]
London mayoral hopeful Sadiq Khan: No Labour landslide in 2015 General Election March 13, 2015 The widely tipped London mayoral candidate and MP for Tooting has said Labour became "arrogant" in office and didn't "spot early enough the need for additional housing". Khan, a close ally of Ed Miliband has been put in charge of heading off the growing popularity of the Green Party that Labour sees as a threat [...]
Ed Miliband is bad for Britain’s economy, say 61 per cent of business leaders March 13, 2015 Ed Miliband has yet to shake off the impression that he and his party are anti-business spendthrifts who can't be trusted with the economy, according to polling from YouGov. The Labour party lagged significantly behind the Conservatives on every question YouGov asked business leaders. In terms of who would be best for shareholders, Labour scored [...]
The British public is ideologically committed to nationalisation March 13, 2015 The British public is surprisingly ideological when it comes to who runs public services, it turns out. The British may have developed a reputation for pragmatism over political doctrine as compared with continental Europe, but new polling from YouGov suggests the opposite is, in fact, the case. The argument of public versus private provision of [...]
General Election 2015: Ed Miliband promises to cut energy prices before winter returns March 13, 2015 Labour will give Ofgem the power to enforce energy price reductions if it wins the general election. Ed Milliband will promise today that his party will cut energy bills by up to 10 per cent by the end of the year, and will empower Ofgem, the energy sector regulator, to review prices by the end [...]
Britons who let or sold second homes in France to be paid back millions of pounds following EU court ruling March 12, 2015 British people who own property in France will be eligible for reimbursement of money paid out as taxes following the introduction of a “social charge” by French President Francois Hollande in 2012. The charge meant that around 200,000 non-resident Britons who sold or let second homes in France had to pay an extra 15.5 per [...]