There will be no 5 May EU referendum vote as Cameron offers concession to Eurosceptics June 16, 2015 In the fight over the EU referendum, the Eurosceptics have won a point. The date for the ballot will not now be 5 May 2016, after ministers tabled an amendment to the referendum bill on Monday evening. The amendment comes before David Cameron embarks on a series of one-to-one meetings with EU leaders this week. [...]
David Cameron courts EU leaders amid Commons row over referendum June 15, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron will hit the road again this week for more one-on-one meetings with European leaders, while MPs in the House of Commons gear up for more divisive debate over the EU referendum bill. Cameron is due to visit Italy, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Slovenia later this week, as well as welcome the president of [...]
Magna Carta 2015: David Cameron uses the Great Charter to back his pledge for British Bill of Rights June 15, 2015 David Cameron might be famous for forgetting what Magna Carta means in English, but that's not stopping him getting in on today's 800th anniversary celebrations to make his pledge for a British Bill of Rights. The Prime Minister, who suffered an embarrassing interview with David Letterman in 2012, has today pledged (again) to scrapping [...]
Magna Carta 2015: Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William and David Cameron to commemorate 800th anniversary of seal June 15, 2015 The Queen will retrace the footsteps of her Plantagenet predecessor today, visiting Runnymede as part of a series of events to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. The Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Cambridge, Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence will join Prime Minister David [...]
UK outlook slashed to negative by Standard & Poor’s over EU referendum risk June 12, 2015 Standard and Poor's has revised the UK's credit rating from "stable" to "negative" due to the government's promises of an EU referendum in 2017. S&P said the decision to hold an EU referendum represents a risk to the UK's economic growth – particularly to its financial services and exports sectors – and "raises questions" about [...]
David Cameron’s migrant welfare reforms rejected as he holds “open and frank” EU talks June 12, 2015 David Cameron has held "open and frank" discussions with EU leaders in his ongoing campaign to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU. The Prime Minister met with leaders from Belgium, Spain, Finland and Romania as he continued to push his agenda for EU reform in Brussels. Migrant benefits become a sticking point Each of the [...]
What David Cameron’s guru Steve Hilton doesn’t get: You need to shrink the state to make it human June 10, 2015 Steve Hilton, David Cameron’s former chief strategist, recently published a new book, More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First. From a powerful mayor in every town to self-build housing, from radically new models of education delivery to “Patients Like Me” social networks in health, Hilton has whizz bang ideas across most public policy [...]
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 [...]
EU in/out referendum: David Cameron climbs down on vote rules for ministers June 8, 2015 Any progress made at the G7 summit in Germany was overshadowed by Prime Minister David Cameron’s insistence yesterday that his comments on the forthcoming in/out referendum on Britain’s European Union membership had been “misinterpreted”. Over the weekend, Cameron was asked if he would allow government ministers a so-called “free vote” in the in/out referendum on [...]
After a row over ministers’ freedom to back the No vote, is David Cameron bungling EU renegotiation? June 8, 2015 Tim Knox, director of the Centre for Policy Studies, says Yes Successful negotiation is based on clarity, conviction and consistency. Sadly, in our renegotiations with the EU, clarity is scarce. Are we talking about an optout from ever-closer union? Or is it just a matter of limiting welfare entitlements? So too is conviction. Who can [...]