Business wish lists for Sajid Javid from day one May 11, 2015 Industry groups sent their requests to the new business secretary just hours after David Cameron told him he got the job yesterday, with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and the EEF all contacting Sajid Javid. CBI Director-General John Cridland said Javid was “an excellent Treasury minister and will be [...]
David Cameron’s cabinet reshuffle: Mayor Boris Johnson rides into Downing Street May 11, 2015 Mayor of London Boris Johnson is likely to spend more time at Downing Street and less time in City Hall in the coming months, thanks to Prime Minister David Cameron’s latest cabinet reshuffle. The mayor, who was elected as the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in last Thursday’s General Election, will attend meetings [...]
The end of male, pale and stale politics? The new women in Westminster after David Cameron’s cabinet reshuffle May 11, 2015 Throughout most of modern British history, female MPs have numbered few and far between. Women took up less than 10 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons until as recently as the mid-1990s, when, alongside Tony Blair’s landslide victory in 1997, the percentage of female Labour MPs shot up by a staggering 173 [...]
As licence fee critic John Whittingdale is made culture secretary, is this bad news for the BBC? May 11, 2015 Sam Bowman, deputy director of the Adam Smith Institute, says Yes John Whittingdale has described the licence fee as being “worse than a poll tax,” and wants to decriminalise non-payment. That is a good idea: 10 per cent of magistrate court cases are for licence fee non-payment. Every week that means 3,000 people are fined [...]
General Election 2015: The best reactions to Nigel Farage’s unresignation May 11, 2015 In his autobiography, The Purple Revolution, Nigel Farage said it was curtains for him if he failed to win in Thanet. "The consequences of me failing to secure a seat for myself in the Commons would be significant for both myself and the party. It is frankly just not credible for me to continue to [...]
General Election 2015: Nigel Farage remains Ukip leader after resignation rejected by party May 11, 2015 Nigel Farage will remain the leader of Ukip – despite handing in his resignation after being defeated in South Thanet in the General Election last week. Ukip members have rejected the leaders attempt to quit because they did not want him to go. "As promised Nigel Farage tendered his official resignation as leader of Ukip [...]
General Election 2015: David Cameron’s Conservative cabinet reshuffle so far – Sajid Javid confirmed as new business secretary as Eric Pickles loses communities and local government role May 11, 2015 Following Friday's fireworks, it's time to get down to business: the Prime Minister has set about forming the first all-Conservative cabinet in 18 years, with Sajid Javid appointed as business secretary, while Iain Duncan Smith has kept the work and pensions gig. Meanwhile, Greg Clark dethroned his boss, Eric Pickles, to become secretary of state [...]
General Election 2015 reshuffle: Sajid Javid as business secretary gets a thumbs up from the City May 11, 2015 David Cameron's appointment of former treasury man Sajid Javid as business secretary has received a positive welcome from the City. “This is a solid appointment and one that will bring a wealth of experience to an important office," said the Institute of Directors' head of communications and campaigns Christian May. "Sajid Javid is respected by [...]
General Election 2015 cabinet reshuffle: Sajid Javid – three things you need to know about the new business secretary in David Cameron’s cabinet May 11, 2015 David Cameron has lined up Sajid Javid as his new secretary of state for business in his first all-Conservative government. 1. In government Javid has had a meteoric rise in politics, having gone from parliamentary candidate to secretary of state in less than five years. Javid was culture secretary in the last government, a role he [...]
David Cameron’s cabinet reshuffle: Iain Duncan Smith keeps job as Tory big beasts are reappointed May 11, 2015 David Cameron will today confirm that Iain Duncan Smith is the latest big gun in the new all-Tory cabinet, holding on to his job as work and pensions secretary. Duncan Smith will be in charge of meeting the Conservative pledge to find £12bn worth of savings in the welfare budget by 2020. Only £2bn of [...]