General Election 2015: Housing soars as one of top issues for voters March 21, 2015 Housing is racing up the voters' list of concerns as we head toward the General Election, according to pollster Ipsos Mori. A few years ago, rapidly rising house prices and getting on the property ladder were mainly seen as issues concerning London and the South East. However, as prices rise across the country housing is [...]
Labour MP Emily Thornberry threatens Guido Fawkes with legal action after buy-to-let bust up March 21, 2015 Two old foes are at it again and providing the public with a good old social media bust up. Labour MP Emily Thornberry, who was sacked from her position as shadow attorney general after and ill-advised tweet, is going head-to-head with renowned political blogger Guido Fawkes. There is no love lost between the two sides [...]
WATCH: 560,000 London Underground journeys animated over a day March 21, 2015 What do London Underground's journeys look like when animated over the course of 24 hours? Well, thanks to Will Galia, we now have the answer. Galia has created a visualisation of 560,000 journeys on the Tube. All of the points moving around London's multi coloured network represent a someone's movements over the course of a [...]
Budget 2015: Gordon Brown beats George Osborne on job approval rating March 20, 2015 Now the dust has settled; the pollsters are digesting the public's reaction to Osborne's Budget and how they rate the chancellor. The good news for Osborne is that YouGov found for the first time since 2010 that more people approve if his job performance than disapprove. However, the chancellor of five years still failed to [...]
EU backtracking on ISDS: Most controversial part of TTIP could be scrapped March 20, 2015 The EU may scrap the most controversial part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). EU trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom, has voiced her support for replacing the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) with a permanent investment court. The ISDS is a mechanism that sets the ground rules for foreign companies investing in other countries. It [...]
Blogger Guido Fawkes gets in a tank to save Jeremy Clarkson from BBC axe March 20, 2015 Political blogger Guido Fawkes has arrived at the BBC's Broadcasting house to deliver a petition demanding the reinstatement of Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson. Always one for drama, Guido traveled in style to hand in the petition, driving to the BBC in tank. An occasionally fierce critic of the Beeb, Guido has been backing Clarkson [...]
As a new scandal emerges, here’s how many Ukip MEPs have served time in prison March 20, 2015 More Ukip MEPs have served time in prison than there are Tory MPs in Scotland. It may be an overly easy comparison as the Conservatives only have one MP north of the border, but the last 24 hours show Ukip's penchant for scandal doesn't seem to be dying down as we head towards polling day. [...]
Number of people paying inheritance tax set to double by the end of the decade March 20, 2015 The number of people paying Britain's most unpopular tax is set soar before the end of the decade, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The independent watchdog forecasts that the deaths of 64,000 people in 2019/20 means the number of people paying inheritance tax will double. Still only paid by a small number [...]
Inheritance tax seen as the most unfair by voters in all parties March 19, 2015 Inheritance tax remains one of the most unpopular taxes and is loathed across the party lines. A new YouGov poll for the Red Box found 59 per cent of voters thought inheritance tax was unfair – the highest figure for all the taxes polled. The BBC licence fee and fuel duty came joint second for [...]
Most consumers aren’t feeling the benefits of Osborne’s recovery March 19, 2015 George Osborne used yesterday's Budget to trumpet the government's economic record. With a dramatic fall in unemployment, respectable economic growth and low inflation, the Conservatives believe they have strong record to run on. Osborne labelled Britain the "comeback country" and said the government had brought the UK back from the brink. But how many consumers [...]
