Leave campaigner Michael Gove has refuted government claims that Brexit vote would generate a recession June 19, 2016 Justice secretary Michael Gove has hit back at government reports which have claimed a vote to leave the EU would generate a recession. Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Gove sought to dismiss warnings from the Treasury, which have also included suggestions that households could be up to £4,300 a year worse off. “There are economic [...]
Michael Gove says a Leave vote would mean the UK is able to more flexibly intervene in failing sectors June 16, 2016 Justice secretary Michael Gove has pointed to an increased ability to bail out failing sectors as an important side-effect of a Leave vote next week. Speaking to Share Radio, Gove said that Brexit would free up policymakers to launch more effective interventions. “I am not a great fan of government picking winners or state aid [...]
Two-thirds of the British public say they have little or no faith in George Osborne’s ability to run the economy, according to a new poll June 16, 2016 Two-thirds of the British public say they have little faith in chancellor George Osborne's ability to run the economy, according to a new poll. Figures from polling agency BMG show that 66 per say they have “almost no” or “only a little” faith in the chancellor, while 42 per cent say they don’t know enough about his opposite [...]
TUC leader Frances O’Grady will face former CBI director general Digby Jones next week in the final round of the Brexit TV debates June 16, 2016 Trade Union Congress general secretary Frances O'Grady is to take on former Confederation of British Industry leader Digby Jones over the UK's European Union membership in the final days before Britain's referendum. O'Grady and Jones will cross swords at the SSE Arena, Wembley, on 21 June, in a debate live on the BBC two days before the [...]
Charles Stanley refusing to rule out future redundancies amid new cost cutting measures, as losses drop to £300,000 June 16, 2016 Charles Stanley is to continue rounds of cost-cutting as it seeks to return to profit, with future redundancies a possibility, and offices in London among those to be closed this year. The firm reported a financial loss of £300,000 for the year ending 31 March, dramatically cutting losses of £6.1m in 2015. However, revenues dropped to [...]
Three of Britain’s largest employers have threatened to sue Vote Leave over Brexit-backing leaflets which included their corporate logos June 16, 2016 Bosses at three of the UK's largest employers have threatened legal action on Vote Leave after the Brexiteers included the firms' corporate logos in flyers. The chief executives of Unilever, Airbus and General Electric wrote a letter to the Leave camp yesterday, claiming that the letters constituted misrepresentation, as all three strongly back a Remain vote. In [...]
Seven out of ten Tories think that a Brexit vote would be good for entrepreneurs, according to new research June 16, 2016 Seven in 10 Conservative MPs say that Brexit would be good for British entrepreneurs, according to a Yougov survey. In research commissioned by The Entrepreneurs Network, the pollster found that 88 per cent felt entrepreneurial activity would improve if the UK was exempt from EU business regulation, while 70 per cent said it would be better for [...]
UK firms are not ready for a Brexit vote next week, according to 80 per cent of change experts June 16, 2016 UK businesses are insufficiently prepared for next week's referendum result, according to eight out of 10 change management experts. In a survey of 400 interim managers brought in to help firms manage change, 80 per cent said that UK businesses were not ready for the Brexit vote. Read More: Single market alternatives are worse, non-EU businesses [...]
A Brexit vote is a gamble on the future of the young, London’s lord mayor to warn June 16, 2016 Voting to leave the EU represents a gamble on the future of young people, the lord mayor of London will today warn. Speaking ahead of chancellor George Osborne and Bank of England governor Mark Carney at the Mansion House, Jeffrey Mountevans will say that the young are under-represented in the Brexit debate, despite the relative [...]
