General Election 2015: A Labour-led government would be best for company pension deficits May 1, 2015 A labour-led government after the General Election would be best for employers struggling with pension scheme deficits, as the ensuing uncertainty would inject some upward momentum into bond yields and narrow funding gaps. Final salary pension schemes give retirees a guaranteed level of income regardless of movements in the stock market, as well as any changes [...]
Nicola Sturgeon “appalled” by Miliband and says Scotland will never forgive Labour if the Tories form a government May 1, 2015 Nicola Sturgeon has launched a stinging attack on Ed Miliband saying she is "appalled" that Labour has ruled out doing a deal with SNP if the General Election produces a hung parliament. Speaking on a special Question Time programme aired in Scotland, the First Minister said Scotland would never forgive Miliband if the Conservatives were [...]
Leaders’ Question Time special: What happened, who won, who lost, what did we learn? May 1, 2015 Three main party leaders faced an onslaught of questions and criticism from the public last night in the last big TV event of the General Election. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg put their case to the country in front of a BBC Question Time audience in the hope of breaking the deadlock in [...]
Ed Miliband: I’d rather give up No. 10 than do SNP deal April 30, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband unequivocally ruled out a deal with the SNP last night, telling an audience in Leeds that he would rather give up the keys to Downing Street than team up with Nicola Sturgeon after 7 May. “If it meant we weren’t going to be in government, not doing a coalition, not doing a [...]
General Election 2015: Tungsten Corp CEO Edmund Truell wants more help for small businesses and the privatisation of NHS care provision April 30, 2015 ELECTION COUNTDOWN: 6 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. EDMUND TRUELL: CEO, TUNGSTEN CORP Next week’s General Election promises to be the closest we have seen for [...]
Tory backing casts doubt over Paul Walsh’s hopes to lead CBI April 30, 2015 Fresh doubt has been cast on the future of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), as a top candidate for its presidency faces renewed criticism. Paul Walsh, the former chief executive of Diageo, first raised eyebrows last month when he signed a letter in the Telegraph endorsing Tory policies. At the time, he was [...]
General Election 2015: Property experts play down ballot box fears April 30, 2015 General Elections past and present have had little effect on the UK’s commercial property market, economists at property advisory firm Colliers have claimed, arguing that investors are more pre-occupied with the timing of the first UK interest rate hike. Colliers’ economist and research director Walter Boettcher said a study of the UK’s 2001, 2005 and [...]
London’s General Election: Isle of political dog fights – battle for Poplar and Limehouse at the edge of the City April 30, 2015 A council estate in the East End is not exactly what you envisage as a typical Tory heartland. But on the Isle of Dogs, in the shadow of the financial district, Conservative General Election candidate Chris Wilford is leading an insurgency he hopes one day will make it so. His is a rebellion triggered by [...]
General Election 2015: Latest poll gives Conservatives five point lead over Labour April 30, 2015 The Conservatives are gaining momentum ahead of next week's General Election. The party is now five points in the lead with 35 per cent support, compared to 30 per cent for opposition party Labour, according to the latest pre-election poll published by Ipsos MORI, With less than seven days to go, competition is intensifying [...]
Ed Miliband can’t win a majority because of SNP “tsunami”, says David Blunkett April 30, 2015 Former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett says Labour won't win a majority at the General Election because of the SNP surge north of the border. Blunkett, who retired as an MP at the end of the last parliament, said the SNP had been allowed to pose the anti-austerity party and perpetuate the idea that Scotland [...]