Government set to announce new post-Brexit freeports February 9, 2020 The government will tomorrow announce a consultation on the creation of up to 10 freeports across the UK as the country prepares to leave the EU. The government said it aimed to announce the location of the new zones at the end of this year so they can be open for business in 2021. Chief [...]
Women problem looms as PM’s reshuffle set for next week February 3, 2020 Boris Johnson has earmarked 13th February for his reshuffle, City A.M. has learned. The Prime Minister is hoping to make his move just before MPs go into recess, to allow sacked ministers time to lick their wounds, according to one senior parliamentary source who has been put on standby for next Thursday. What had initially [...]
Johnson’s reshuffle is about more than just jobs – the party is looking for the PM’s philosophy January 23, 2020 As Labour continues the post-election round of self-flagellation in search of a new leader and direction, most returning Tory MPs have only one thing on their mind: the impending reshuffle. Tipped to happen in the first two weeks of February, the only questions are who is likely to get the heave-ho, and whether Dom Cummings’ [...]
Labour and the Tories are sweeping immigration under the rug this election December 6, 2019 This election season is slogan heavy. “Get Brexit done.” “For the many, not the few.” While necessarily vague, this year’s party mottos have done a decent job of getting to the heart of their offers. The Conservatives aren’t dallying on the UK’s exit from the European Union. The Labour Party is offering more taxes and [...]
John McDonnell: A Labour government would save families thousands December 3, 2019 Shadow chancellor John McDonnell will tomorrow tell families that a Labour government could save them thousands of pounds a year as he seeks to shrug off criticism of his spending plans. In a speech in Birmingham ahead of the 12 December polling day, McDonnell will attack the Tories for overseeing a “cost of living crisis” [...]
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: Ex-Labour MP Ian Austin urges ‘decent’ people to vote Conservative November 7, 2019 Former Labour MP Ian Austin has urged voters to back the Conservatives this election, claiming Jeremy Corbyn is “completely unfit” to be Prime Minister. The Dudley North MP, who resigned from the party earlier this year to sit as an independent, said “decent, traditional” voters should back Boris Johnson in December’s General Election. He lambasted [...]
Brexit latest: Minister hits out at customs union as DUP backs off October 21, 2019 Any attempt to tweak Boris Johnson’s deal to include remaining in the customs union would be “procedural tricks” aimed at blocking Brexit, a minister at the Treasury has said. Speaking to the Today programme this morning, Rishi Sunak said anyone wanting to “amend legislation are ultimately wanting to frustrate, delay or cancel Brexit altogether, and [...]
End of austerity? Chancellor fast-tracks spending review ahead of Brexit deadline August 8, 2019 Sajid Javid is making his first major intervention as chancellor, with a move that could turn on the spending taps in Whitehall. The Treasury has begun a fast-tracked spending round for all government departments, which will be completed in September, well in advance of the looming Brexit deadline of 31 October. Once complete, departments and [...]
Free ports could turn Brexit to our economic advantage August 6, 2019 One of the most exciting shifts in policy under the new government has been its whole-hearted embrace of free ports. But many people are still puzzled by what they are. In a nutshell, free ports are areas which are within the UK, but outside its customs borders. So you can bring your goods into the [...]