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Cameron counters Ukip with two year benefit ban for EU migrants November 23, 2014 David Cameron is understood to be working on a speech in which he will announce a two-year benefit ban for EU migrants in a bid to counter the threat posed by Ukip. The Prime Minister is also said to be considering a ban on unemployment benefits for EU migrant workers, following a ruling in Germany [...]
Cameron plans to ban EU migrant benefits following Mark Reckless win for Ukip at Rochester and Strood November 23, 2014 David Cameron will announce plans to ban benefits for some EU migrants this week, as he takes a tougher stance on Europe and tries to ward off the political threat posed by the UK Independence Party (Ukip). A report being published tomorrow by think tank Open Europe reveals that the Prime Minister is working [...]
Captain Euro teaches David Cameron the virtues of a federal Europe November 18, 2014 The EU hasn't got a great track record PR wins, having to withdraw a £106,000 promotional video that was widely seen as racist back in 2012. But on the softer side of EU promotion is the delightful Captain Euro, a cartoon character who runs the twelve-star organisation that defends "the security of Europe and uphold [...]
David Cameron warns voters not to abandon Tories ahead of 2015 general election November 17, 2014 David Cameron has done an about-turn on the economy, Labour’s Ed Miliband said yesterday. The Prime Minister, Miliband continued, was getting his excuses in early about the state of the UK’s finances, having spent months shouting about the strength of Britain’s recovery. About-turn or not, building on the “there is still more to do” [...]
Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he is “getting excuses in early” with global economy warning November 17, 2014 Ed Miliband has accused the David Cameron of “getting his excuses in early” with warnings of “red lights flashing on the global economy”. The Prime Minister wrote in the Guardian today that in the midst of a global slowdown, the UK must stick to the government’s long-term economic plan which he said has seen [...]
David Cameron’s “red warning lights” over global economy: Five charts that sum up the Eurozone’s latest crisis November 17, 2014 Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of "red warning lights" flashing on the "dashboard of the global economy", following this weekend's G20 summit in Brisbane. That's particularly true of the Eurozone, which only narrowly avoided a triple-dip recession according to GDP figures published on Friday, which showed growth of 0.2 per cent in the third [...]
G20 summit: David Cameron predicts another recession as global problems bite November 17, 2014 Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that “red warning lights are flashing on the dashboard of the global economy”, threatening another recession. At the close of the G20 summit in Brisbane, Cameron wrote of “a dangerous backdrop of instability and uncertainty”, with the UK’s receovery hampered by the slowdown in the Eurozone. In an article [...]
G20 summit: Cameron, Obama and world leaders pledge $2 trillion boost and 2.1pc GDP growth by 2018 November 16, 2014 Countries of the G20 have pledged to grow their economies by 2.1 per cent by 2018, adding $2 trillion (£1.25 trillion) to the global economy. The G20 summit in Brisbane was brought to a close by leaders committing to more than 800 reforms aimed at growing their collective GDP, including employment measures, Infrastructure investment, increasing [...]