General Election 2019: Labour’s household finances pledge savaged December 4, 2019 Labour’s pledge to save households more than £6,700 each year has been savaged by commentators and industry experts who question the party’s figures and assumptions about privatisation. John McDonnell told supporters in Birmingham that those warning about the risks of Labour’s plans to nationalise energy, broadband, water and other industries claiming that “the privatisation fat-cats [...]
General Election 2019: Conservatives on course for 1992-style victory, new poll finds December 4, 2019 The Conservatives are on course for a “small but workable” majority, as the party wins back middle class and middle-aged voters, according to a new poll seen exclusively by City A.M. Boris Johnson is most likely to return to parliament with a majority of between five and 30, giving him the chance of pressing ahead [...]
General Election 2019: Lib Dems squeezed in London as Labour starts to fight back December 3, 2019 London’s swing voters are beginning to return to a resurgent Labour, with the Liberal Democrats starting to fade away, a new poll published today has revealed. Jeremy Corbyn’s party has clawed back eight points since November, to 47 per cent, while the Conservatives edged up one point to 30 per cent, according to a YouGov [...]
General Election 2019: Pressure ramps up over US trade deal as Trump flies in for Nato meeting December 2, 2019 Boris Johnson is coming under renewed pressure over a future UK-US trade deal, as Donald Trump travels to the UK for this week’s Nato meeting. Leaders from 29 countries arrive in London tomorrow for a meeting to mark Nato’s 70th anniversary. On the agenda are drinks at Buckingham Palace and a reception at Downing Street, [...]
General Election 2019: Businesses hit back as Labour ‘names and shames’ UK’s five worst bosses December 2, 2019 Businesses have hit back against Labour’s renewed attack, after the party “named and shamed” some of the biggest firms in the country. Retailers Amazon, Asda and Sports Direct, taxi app Uber and outsourcer ISS have all come under attack from Jeremy Corbyn, as part of Labour’s campaign promise to deliver “the biggest extension of workers’ [...]
General election 2019: Council taxes likely to rise more under Tories, says IFS December 2, 2019 Council tax rates are likely to rise more under a Conservative government than a Labour one, in order to cover local government costs, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned. The Tories have not allocated enough funding to meet local government requirements, even with a four per cent rise in council tax. Read more: Both [...]
Nickie Aiken: Change is coming to the Two Cities November 27, 2019 Whichever way people vote in the General Election, change is coming to the Cities of London and Westminster. Former minister Mark Field has stood down, after being accused of assault by a Greenpeace activist this summer, with Westminster Council leader Nickie Aiken the new Conservative candidate fighting to keep this marginal constituency blue. Having been [...]
DUP’s Sammy Wilson warns Westminster that Northern Ireland will have its voice heard loud and clear in Brexit negotiations November 24, 2019 Boris Johnson may be going all-in to get a Conservative majority this election, but the jury is very much still out as to whether he will achieve his aim. Many in Westminster believe that despite the polling numbers, come the morning of 13 December the country will find itself saddled with yet another hung parliament. [...]
General Election 2019: Tories to up stamp duty for non-UK residents November 22, 2019 Foreign residents will be slapped with a higher rate of stamp duty than UK home-owners under a Conservative government, as part of efforts to tackle the country’s housing crisis. A three per cent surcharge will be levied on companies as well as individuals buying property who are not UK tax residents, the Tories will announce [...]
General Election 2019: Labour ‘pretending’ only richest will fund its £83bn spending spree November 21, 2019 Labour’s has been criticised for “pretending” it can fund the bulk of its £83bn spending spree by raising taxes for the only the richest five per cent of the country. Revealing his party manifesto this morning Jeremy Corbyn pledged that the vast majority of British taxpayers would be unaffected by Labour’s plans, which include widespread [...]
