General Election 2019: Labour pledges to close gender pay gap by 2030 November 13, 2019 Labour will today pledge to close the gender pay gap by 2030, as part of its ongoing commitment to women in the workplace. Shadow employment rights secretary Laura Pidcock and shadow women and equalities secretary Dawn Butler will use Thursday’s Equal Pay Day – the day when women effectively stop getting paid compared to their [...]
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson promises “pent-up tidal wave” of new investment after Brexit November 13, 2019 Boris Johnson has promised voters there is a “pent-up tidal wave” of new investment waiting to flow into the UK once Brexit is done. Speaking from Coventry after visiting flood-hit communities in Yorkshire, the Prime Minister claimed the country would benefit from “tens of millions” that is being held back because of uncertainty. Johnson’s Brexit “is ready [...]
General Election 2019: Jeremy Corbyn questions move to kill Isis leader rather than arrest him November 13, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has said it “would have been the right thing” to arrest Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rather than kill him. The Labour leader, who is currently campaigning in Scotland, told reporters that al-Baghdadi “being removed from the scene is a very good thing”. But he questioned whether it was necessary to kill the [...]
Former Labour spinner Alastair Campbell to campaign for ex-Tory minister Gauke November 13, 2019 Labour’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell has said he will campaign for ex-Tory minister David Gauke. Gauke, the former justice secretary, this morning said he was standing as an independent in his constituency of South West Hertfordshire. He told the BBC he was hoping to deprive the Tories of the seat, warning a majority would [...]
Lib Dems’ Guy Kiddey tells voters to back Labour rival after Tim Walker replaced in Canterbury November 13, 2019 The Liberal Democrats are fighting off criticism from their own members over the party’s “aggressive” positioning against Remain rivals. The party has come under fire for plowing ahead with plans to replace Canterbury candidate Tim Walker. He stood down last night over fears his position would jeopardise Labour incumbent Rosie Duffield’s chance of winning the [...]
General Election 2019: Labour split over four-day week plans for NHS November 13, 2019 Labour has come under pressure after splits emerged in the party’s position over whether the NHS would be subject to its four-day-week pledge. Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth had rubbished his opponent’s claim that a policy of reducing the working week would apply to the NHS and that doctors and nurses would be “putting their [...]
General Election 2019: The wives of two former Tory MPs stand in their seats November 13, 2019 The wives of two former Conservative MPs are standing in their respective husbands’ seats, following allegations of sexual misconduct against both men. Andrew Griffiths, who once served as Theresa May’s chief of staff in No 10, stepped aside last night, having narrowly survived an attempt to block him as the candidate for the seat of [...]
General Election 2019: Lib Dems defiant after Canterbury candidate Tim Walker stands down November 13, 2019 The Liberal Democrats are understood to be planning to replace Canterbury candidate Tim Walker, who stood down last night to avoid splitting the Remain vote. Walker announced that he was stepping aside to help Labour incumbent Rosie Duffield, who took the seat in 2017 with a majority of less than 200. He said he wanted [...]
General Election 2019: Watch Boris Johnson urge voters to back Jeremy Corbyn in deep fake video November 12, 2019 Videos of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn apparently endorsing each other have been circulated online, in a bid to highlight the growing risk of misinformation. Voters are being warned not to trust what they read online, as increasingly sophisticated technology allows producers to create convincing deep fake videos. The videos, which were published online today, [...]
General Election 2019: Farage calls on Conservatives to stand aside for Brexit Party November 12, 2019 Fresh from his apparently “unilateral” decision that The Brexit Party candidates would not contest seats won by Tories in 2017, Nigel Farage is now demanding a reciprocal arrangement. The arch-Eurosceptic has urged Conservative candidates in some Labour-held seats to step aside for his own party. Speaking to BBC Breakfast this morning, he said: “I’ve just [...]
