Yesterday (07/10/19) saw the collapse of talks among opposition parties to agree a way forward in their bid to prevent a no-deal Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), Jo Swinson (Lib Dems), Ian Blackford (SNP), Caroline Lucas (Green), Anna Soubry (Independent Group for Change) and Liz Saville-Roberts (Plaid Cymru) met in Westminster but failed to arrive at […]
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Speaking yesterday at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Sajid Javid announced a plan to rise the National Living Wage to £10.50 in 2024. The new target would bring the National Living Wage up to two thirds of median earnings. Putting it forward as an “ambitious plan”, Javid announced an aspiration to make the UK […]
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After a chaotic afternoon at the Labour Party conference yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit stance secured the backing of his party. Members voted against a motion which would have seen Labour unequivocally back Remain in a second Brexit referendum. Corbyn’s policy is to negotiate a new, improved Brexit deal with Brussels before offering it to the […]
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Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, yesterday gave a press conference beside an empty podium intended for Johnson. In one of the more dramatic spectacles of the ongoing political drama, Bettel took the opportunity to express his frustrations at Brexit while gesturing to the empty podium. The joint press conference between Bettel and Johnson […]
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The Cabinet Office has been warned to take an urgent risk assessment of its ability to conduct a snap election. The Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) said: “Electoral reform is needed urgently as the current system is no longer fit for purpose. The electoral community cannot continue performing miracles.” The AEA issued a report calling […]
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Businesses will cease to exist if they fail to take climate change seriously, the heads of two central banks have warned. The Bank of England governor Mark Carney and François Villeroy de Galhau of France issued the stark warning in an unprecedented open letter. In it, they said climate change was a threat to the […]
Continue ReadingLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn says his party would axe formal tests for English primary schools, known as Sats. He claimed they left many children in tears or made them vomit with stress and said scrapping the tests would be one of the first acts of any Labour government. The pledge was met with cheers from […]
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The former UKIP leader Nigel Farage called for a ‘democratic revolution’ in British politics as he launched his new Brexit Party. He told an audience in Coventry today that if the UK took part in May’s European elections, they would be his new party’s first challenge. But he said the party’s primary aim was to […]
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Chancellor Philip Hammond said today that Britain needs to focus on issues other than Brexit, with economic growth a top priority. Speaking in Washington, where he is attending IMF and World Bank meetings, Hammond said it was is time to ‘get Brexit off the table.’ He said crucial economic decisions needed to be taken and […]
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The Virgin brand could disappear from the UK rail network after the Government banned its business partner from a trio of franchise bids. Virgin’s boss Sir Richard Branson said he was ‘devastated’ that Stagecoach had been ruled out of the race to run three rail lines. Stagecoach has a 49 per cent stake in Virgin […]
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