Labour leadership election result: Jeremy Corbyn wins vote in first round to beat Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall September 12, 2015 Labour has elected left winger Jeremy Corbyn as the new leader of the party. Read more: When did it start to look like Jeremy Corbyn might win? Despite initially securing just the bare minimum 35 nominations from fellow MPs to stand, Corbyn has remarkably surged from rank outsider at 66/1 to an overwhelming victory in the [...]
MPs’ expenses scandal list: IPSA names, shames then writes off debt of 25 MPs who failed to pay back, mistakenly names Conservative MP Edward Timpson September 12, 2015 Update 12/09/2015: The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) has apologised after mistakenly including Conservative MP Edward Timpson in a list of 26 current and former MPs who had debts written off after they failed to pay back of up to £500. Read more: MPs handed 10 per cent pay rise to £74,000 despite David Cameron’s objections [...]
Rental properties in Scotland’s university cities named best for buy-to-let investors September 12, 2015 Scottish university cities offer the best chance of profit for buy-to-let investors in the UK, according to new research. Read more: Scotland's house price growth at its highest since 2007 Edinburgh offers the best average rental yield in the country at 6.11 per cent, according to a study put together by property website Zoopla, while Aberdeen, [...]
Labour leadership election results: What time will the winner be announced and where can I watch it? September 11, 2015 The end is near: Labour will finally name the successor to Ed Miliband as party leader on Saturday morning after 88 days of campaigning. Read more: Key business policies from the Labour leadership candidates It has been one of the most intensely scrutinised party leadership races in memory with left winger Jeremy Corbyn rising from [...]
One chart showing that people cared more about Microsoft than iPhone 6S or iPad Pro at the Apple launch September 11, 2015 Tim Cook said “everything had changed” again when unveiling Apple’s new products earlier this week – but how were they received by the public? Looking at hundreds of thousands of social media mentions give us a pretty good clue of how people felt about the new iPhone, iPad Pro and Apple Watch. Some 179,000 tweets [...]
EU migrant crisis: More than 10,000 Londoners to protest by marching from Marble Arch to 10 Downing Street on Saturday 12 September on refugee crisis September 11, 2015 More than 10,000 Londoners are going to march from Marble Arch to Downing Street as part of a national day of action to urge the government to accept more refugees into the UK. The march will start at 12pm, with protesters being told to meet at an assembly point in Marble Arch, before walking towards [...]
432,761 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean in 2015, more than doubling total for 2014 September 11, 2015 A total of 432,761 people crossed the Mediterranean so far in 2015, according to data released today. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that over double the amount of people who made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean in 2014 have already made the journey in 2015. Read more: How much would it cost [...]
EU referendum: No, Brexit would not “drive” European Premier League footballers out of the UK September 11, 2015 Today it was claimed that leaving the EU ‘could drive out European Premier League Footballers’. We believe this is a scare story, based on a misrepresentation of the rules and highly dubious assumptions that ignores the fact that, outside an unreformed EU, the UK would be free to set our own policy on migration, visas, [...]
MPs reject the “right to die” as assisted dying bill is voted down in House of Commons September 11, 2015 MPs rejected plans for a “right to die” in England and Wales during a vote in the House of Commons today. The assisted dying bill was rejected by 330 votes to 118, putting those opposed in a majority of 212. If passed, the bill would have given some terminally ill people the right to get [...]
Britain’s small businesses are missing out on millions by not shopping around for a good business savings account September 11, 2015 As important as business lending by banks is when it comes to growing the economy and creating jobs, there remains a distinct lack of attention paid to the savings habits of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the support available for businesses with cash surpluses. The latest figures from the British Bankers’ Association show that [...]