Vote Leave facing questions over £600,000 of donations from former BNP member June 21, 2016 Leave campaigners have found themselves facing questions over £600,000 of donations they reportedly accepted from a former member of the British National Party. Electoral Commission figures released yesterday show Sutton Coldfield resident Gladys Bramall as Vote Leave's third largest individual donor. The 88-year-old made two separate donations of £500,000 and £100,000. However, Buzzfeed News reported [...]
London mayors past and present have launched furious attacks on each other in the final TV live debate before Thursday’s Brexit vote June 21, 2016 Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan have crossed swords on live TV over the implications of a Brexit for London, ahead of Thursday's referendum vote. Addressing 6,000 people in London, Khan blasted Johnson over the Leave campaign's focus on immigration, while Johnson returned fire over the UK's loss of sovereignty. The current mayor accused his predecessor of “project hate”, while [...]
Brexit would cut the UK’s access to more than 60 markets and 2.4bn consumers, Lord Mandelson has warned June 21, 2016 NULL
New referendum poll shows a marginal lead for the Remain camp with just days to go before Britain votes June 21, 2016 With less than two days until polling stations open, Survation's final telephone polling has shown a narrowing of the lead for the Remain camp. Excluding undecided voters, the poll showed 50.7 per cent support for Remain, down by 1.5 per cent since the pollster's last research, compared to 49.3 per cent for Leave. With the undecided voters, who amounted to [...]
Donations to Remain campaigners almost doubled in the latest Electoral Commission figures, thanks to backers including Eddie Izzard June 21, 2016 Donations to the Remain camp have almost doubled in the latest round of figures published by the Electoral Commission, although it continues to be exceeded by funding for Leave campaigners. For the period from 13 May to 9 June, various Leave groups received a total of £3.6m in donations, with the largest chunk going to Vote [...]
Brexit would leave London “isolated” according to the boss of City Airport June 21, 2016 Brexit would fundamentally undermine Britons' ability to trade and travel, according to the chief executive of London's City Airport. Declan Collier, who also sits as president on the world board of trade body Airports Council International, has warned that a Leave vote this week would sever ties the industry's ties with the continent. Writing for City [...]
The UK needs a global, connected capital city, and Brexit would put all of that at risk June 21, 2016 London is a connected, global city – an attractive place to work, do business, and to set up a headquarters. Central to that appeal are its bonds with Europe. We’ve always been a trading city, and there are historic reminders of that at London City Airport. Located in London’s Royal Docks, the steel tracks that [...]
Rail commuters could see annual fares rise by more than £100 in the aftermath of a Brexit vote, Remain campaigners say June 21, 2016 Annual rail fares could face hundred-pound increases according to new figures. Fares between London and Oxford could climb by more than £150, while an annual fare from Ashford to London could rise £165. Annual travel between Liverpool and Manchester would rise by £80. Rail far rises are currently capped by inflation, but Remain campaigners have [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has admitted he is “not a lover” of the EU, warning the project needs “dramatic” reform June 20, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said the EU is in need of "dramatic" reform, but maintained the UK remains better as a member. Speaking last night, Corbyn reiterated his opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and said the EU helps to "shield" tax avoiders, adding he wants to pursue substantial reform. "If we remain, I believe Europe [...]
