General Election 2015: David Cameron vows to slash £10bn of regulation for small businesses April 27, 2015 David Cameron has said his party is engaged in a "battle for the backbone of Britain" and that meeting small businesses "pumps" him up, unveiling the Tories' small business manifesto in a noticeably more passionate address than in the previous weeks of campaigning. The Conservatives plan to relieve small businesses of £10bn worth of regulation [...]
Nicola Sturgeon: “Ed Miliband can’t deny reality” and will have to talk with the SNP April 27, 2015 SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said Ed Miliband "can't deny reality" and will have to be prepared "to talk and to compromise" with the SNP if Labour falls short of a parliamentary majority. After a week when the Tories hammered home the dangers to England of an SNP-Labour deal Ed Miliband gave the clearest indication yet that [...]
Greek PM still in talks with Merkel over a debt deal April 27, 2015 GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a phone conversation yesterday to maintain contact during talks between Athens and its lenders to reach a debt deal, a Greek government official said. “During their communication, they expressed their common will for a steady communication throughout the course of negotiations in order [...]
Alliance Trust preparing for record turnout April 27, 2015 RECORD numbers of shareholders could show up at Alliance Trust’s annual general meeting on Wednesday, at the climax of a battle between the board and activist investor Elliott Advisors. Last year, 143 shareholders came to the event. This year, the investment firm has prepared overflow areas at the Dundee venue, in anticipation of the 400-seat [...]
Big guns Lord Ashcroft and Rupert Murdoch aim fire at David Cameron April 27, 2015 David Cameron recently pledged to serve a full second term as Prime Minister – yet titans of the centre-right are eyeing up a somewhat quicker exit for him. Party donor and keen psephologist Lord Ashcroft is no big fan of Cameron, referring to the Tory leader as “suspicious” in a recent blog post regarding [...]
Branson gives it some welly April 27, 2015 SIR RICHARD Branson’s been busy of late – opening the first Virgin hotel earlier this month (in Chicago), repeating calls for Britain to remain in the EU, and even slamming Yahoo’s policy of limiting the extent to which its workers are allowed to work from home (he thinks it’s a good thing – and as [...]
Yanis Varoufakis may not be involved in Eurogroup talks for much longer, as ministers try to speak directly to the Alexis Tsipras April 26, 2015 Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is being sidelined by Eurozone officials, as they choose to speak directly to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras instead. This weekend, talks were held in the Latvian capital Riga to discuss the struggling nation's bailout situation. But following an unsuccessful meeting on Friday, in which Varoufakis was turned on by many [...]
General Election 2015: Tory donors want Boris Johnson to replace David Cameron as party leader April 26, 2015 David Cameron's days as head of the Conservatives may be limited, if party donors have it their way. Two supporters who made substantial contributions in recent years have expressed dissatisfaction at the way he is leading the party, and say they want Boris Johnson to replace him if he loses the General Election on 7 [...]
London Marathon 2015 in pictures: Paula Radcliffe, Eliud Kipchoge, Tigist Tufa, Mark Carney and Romeo Beckham join 35,000 runners April 26, 2015 Eliud Kipchoge crosses the finish line winning the men's race Kenyan rivals Wilson Kipsang and Eliud Kipchoge battle it out Ethiopia's Tigist Tufa flies across the finish line to win the women's race The US's Joshua George pips Britain's David Weir to the men's wheelchair title Runners cross Tower Bridge Women's record holder Paula Radcliffe lines [...]
General Election 2015: The odds of Labour-SNP coalition just shortened as Sturgeon warns Miliband he will have to “change his tune” over a deal April 26, 2015 Ed Miliband may have spent the day insisting that he's not interested in doing a deal with the SNP after the General Election, but more people are betting that it will happen. Odds on a coalition between the two parties have shortened to 10/1 from 12/1 with hefty backing from political punters, Ladbrokes has said. [...]