New polls show voters don’t think Jeremy Corbyn is cut out to be Prime Minister September 21, 2015 The honeymoon is over. Just one week after being elected leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn has been hit with a series of new public opinion polls showing that the wider electorate is rejecting the Islington North MP and his far-left policies. Corbyn decidedly won the Labour leadership contest with 59.5 per cent of the first-preference votes. But [...]
UK skills gap: Our lack of “interpersonal skills” such as empathy is turning us into robots September 21, 2015 By now we all know that our jobs could be taken by robots – but a new report claims that we are already acting like automatons, and it's hurting our business life. A study of 1,000 people found that while "almost 100 per cent" had technical and computer skills, very few were able to pass [...]
Tom Watson: Leaving Labour for Liberal Democrats is “like quitting Beatles for Bananarama tribute band” September 21, 2015 Leaving Labour for the Liberal Democrats would be like "quitting the Beatles for a Bananarama tribute band", Tom Watson has said. Speaking on the Today Programme this morning Watson rubbished claims that a number of Labour MPs were unhappy with the new direction of the party under Jeremy Corbyn. He said: "I don't think anyone [...]
Brexit “ridiculous” says Hitachi boss Hiroaki Nakanishi – but admits it’s not a deal-breaker September 21, 2015 The idea of the UK leaving the European Union is "ridiculous", the boss of Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has said, urging the Prime Minister not to break with the trading bloc. Hiroaki Nakanishi, the chairman and chief executive of Hitachi, has discussed the thorny issue of Brexit with David Cameron and chancellor George Osborne, as well [...]
Jeremy Corbyn outlines “People’s Railway” rail renationalisation policy September 21, 2015 Jeremy Corbyn has revealed his first significant policy a week into his new job as leader of the Labour party – the creation of a "People's Railway". Corbyn has outlined plans to renationalise Britain's railways in a step by step, "line-by-line" process, he told the Independent on Sunday. “We know there is overwhelming support from [...]
Banks brace for tax showdown: City giants warn jobs and growth are at risk from Whitehall interference September 21, 2015 Unpredictable and excessive taxes are pushing the British banking sector to the brink, according to a major new report by a leading industry body. The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) and PwC reveal that the UK banking sector contributed an estimated total of £31.3bn in taxes last year, and warn of the risk posed to [...]
UK house prices: Rightmove says the average London home could cost £1m by end of the decade September 21, 2015 London house prices are climbing at such a rapid rate that the average price could hit £1m by 2020. In news that will buoy homeowners but frighten Londoners with ownership aspirations, house prices in the capital jumped 2.2 per cent this month compared with August, according to figures published today by property website Rightmove. [...]
Jeremy Corbyn to set out plans to renationalise the railways at Labour Party Conference 2015 September 21, 2015 Newly-elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to set out details of his plan to renationalise the railways at next week’s Labour party conference. Corbyn, who has previously said the railways should be renationalised along with Royal Mail and other entities previously owned by the government, is expected to reveal plans for bringing the [...]
Builders blame slow planning for homes crisis September 21, 2015 SKILLS shortages, sluggish planning approvals and local opposition are hindering the UK’s builders and exacerbating the country’s housing supply crisis, new research reveals. To revive Britain’s home building, planning experts have today called for a new national approach to housing policy as a “matter of urgency”. In a survey of construction firms, slow planning was [...]