Sadiq Khan is the active mayor London needs to drive sustainable growth May 14, 2015 Sadiq Khan’s story is the story of London at its best. The son of a bus driver, he became the first ever Asian to attend Cabinet. From growing up in a council house in Tooting, he took his law firm from just two partners to employing over 50 people. If many more are to be [...]
Nigel Farage says he won’t quit as Ukip leader, despite calls to resign May 14, 2015 He resigned, he unresigned, and now some Ukip members want him to resign again. But that won't happen, Nigel Farage revealed during Question Time this evening. As leader of the party, he said the level of support shown to him was “phenomenal”, and that leaving just as David Cameron starts to negotiate Britain's EU membership [...]
Ukip crisis: The best reactions so far to the Nigel Farage infighting – and that BBC c**t slip up May 14, 2015 Ukip is in turmoil as some very public in-fighting grabs the headlines. We all love a real-life political drama, but this is no House of Cards and that means there may be some ridicule of the embattled party which appears to be imploding. Of course, photoshop (which surely must have become the thing most feared [...]
Devolution bill: George Osborne gives English cities the option to break away from London May 14, 2015 Chancellor George Osborne is giving English cities the chance to become more independent from London under a new devolution bill. During a speech in Manchester, his first since the Conservatives' victory at the General Election, he said things should no longer be run just from the capital, and that this “old model” had unbalanced the [...]
Ukip crisis: Party’s biggest donor Stuart Wheeler wants Nigel Farage to resign as aide Matthew Richardson offers his resignation May 14, 2015 Ukip has been sent spiraling into crisis after the party's campaign chief attacked leader Nigel Farage, calling him "snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive". Now Ukip's biggest donor Stuart Wheeler, a millionaire who gave the party £500,000, has called for Farage to resign – again – telling the BBC "If he wants to put himself up in an election [...]
George Osborne is offering greater devolved powers to English cities if they agree to have their own directly elected mayor May 14, 2015 More large English cities could soon have their own directly elected mayor like Boris Johnson under new plans to be unveiled by Chancellor George Osborne later today. Osborne wants to offer English cities greater devolved powers over housing, transport, planning and policing as long as they agree to be governed by a directly elected mayor. Greater Manchester will [...]
Navinder Singh Sarao: Flash crash trader on £5m bail gets legal aid in fight against extradition May 13, 2015 The trader alleged to have earned £27m from market manipulation is now on legal aid, despite having his bail surety set at over £5m. Joel Smith, the solicitor representing Navinder Sarao, told District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe yesterday that his client had been found eligible for the aid at the start of the week. [...]
Garrett-Cox says dinosaurs plague industry May 13, 2015 Alliance Trust boss Katherine Garrett-Cox yesterday said gender equality in fund management was lagging due to “dinosaurs” in the industry holding it back. Garrett-Cox was speaking on a panel with Newton boss Helena Morrissey, WisdomTree’s Nizam Hamid and L&G Investment Management CEO Mark Zinkula at the Morningstar conference.
As he plans a new counter-extremism bill, is David Cameron right that Britain has been passively tolerant for too long? May 13, 2015 Emily Dyer, research fellow at The Henry Jackson Society, says Yes Tolerance is a fundamental British value and it should continue to underpin our treatment of everyone, no matter what their faith or beliefs. However, for too long, we have let our tolerance be abused by the intolerant: those who actively try to destroy our [...]
Kent police are investigating claims of electoral fraud in Nigel Farage-contested South Thanet seat May 13, 2015 Kent police are investigating claims of electoral fraud in South Thanet – the constituency contested by Ukip leader Nigel Farage at the General Election "Kent Police have received a report of electoral fraud. Inquiries are ongoing," Kent Police said in a statement. The highly contested constituency where Farage made a bid to win Ukip its [...]