Businesses ‘crying out for help to tackle skills shortage’, says Labour June 2, 2024 The announcement comes days after Labour was seen courting bosses, asking them to declare their support for the reformed levy, according to Sky News.
Swinney: Labour would cause ‘devastation’ to employment in oil and gas industry June 1, 2024 “There’s a lot of independent commentary that indicates that the plans of the Labour Party and particularly their tax grab that is being perpetuated by the Conservative and Labour parties is having a real damaging effect on investment in the oil and gas sector".
Keir Starmer brushes off D:Ream song snub: ‘We’re not in 1997’ June 1, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer has brushed off a snub from the pop group behind New Labour’s victory anthem Things Will Only Get Better, saying “we’re not in 1997”.
Labour: GB Energy will turn the page on cost-of-living crisis with clean power May 31, 2024 Labour is pledging it will get working within months of election victory to build clean power that will “turn the page” on the cost-of-living crisis.
Election 2024: Where are all the London MPs standing down ahead of July 4? May 30, 2024 With the election now just a few short weeks away, CityA.M. has rounded up all the London MPs who are preparing to quit ahead of polling day.
How much cash could a tax avoidance clampdown raise? May 30, 2024 Predictably both parties are reluctant to suggest they will raise taxes, but in recent weeks both have found a conveniently painless source of funding: clamping down on tax avoidance.
Campaign cock-up of the week: Reeves’ backfiring business endorsements May 30, 2024 In this column, former No 10 advisor Giles Kenningham analyses the worst comms screw-ups of the election campaign. So what won week one?
Labour warned promise to clear NHS backlog ‘highly stretching’ May 29, 2024 Labour have been warned their pledge to clear the NHS backlog within five years will prove “highly stretching” and “no easy feat” by economists and policy experts.
Election 2024: Sunak wants to ‘scrap rip off degrees in favour of 100K apprenticeships’ May 29, 2024 Rishi Sunak has pledged to scrap “rip-off degrees” in favour of creating 100,000 more apprenticeships, in his latest election policy announcement.
Labour backs away from bank windfall tax in bid to win over City May 29, 2024 Reports suggest Labour is not planning to impose a windfall tax if it comes into power.