Cameron attacked for giving honours to Tory donors and supporters… “David Cameron has been accused of cronyism for rewarding several Tory donors in the new year’s honours list, along with a senior civil servant who committed a “catastrophic leadership failure”. Lin Homer, the chief executive of Revenue & Customs, becomes a Dame Commander of the Order […]
Letwin apologises “unreservedly” for comments on 1985 riots “David Cameron’s chief policy adviser has apologised after he helped to ward off cabinet pleas for assistance for black unemployed youth following the 1985 inner-city riots with the argument that any help would only end up in the ‘disco and drug trade’. Oliver Letwin, then a young […]
Floods 1) Cameron denies North-South divide in flood defence spending ‘David Cameron backed the government’s funding for flood defences yesterday, denying accusations of a “north-south divide”. The prime minister was forced on to the defensive during a visit to deluged areas in York. He insisted that Britain had spent “more per head of the population on […]
Floods: Cameron suggests climate change is to blame “Interviewed by the BBC yesterday, the Prime Minister said: ‘What has happened – the level of the rivers, plus the level of rainfall – has created an unprecedented effect and so some very serious flooding.’ Asked what needed to be done to stop floods causing so much […]
Osborne: On track to privatise more state assets than any Chancellor since 1979… “George Osborne is on course to sell off more public assets than any Chancellor of the Exchequer for more than 30 years – including all those who served under Margaret Thatcher. New figures from the House of Commons library reveal that in […]
Cameron praises Britain’s Christian values in Christmas message “David Cameron today says Britain’s Christian values are why the country is such a “successful home” to immigrants. In a Christmas message laced with religion, the PM praises Jesus as the “Prince of Peace”. And he urges families not to take their security for granted when so […]
Cameron ‘tells Cabinet Ministers that they can campaign for Brexit” “The top minister said David Cameron had privately promised him and others they can campaign for an EU exit once the poll date is announced — and keep their jobs. The source added: “He’s going to wait right until the last minute but he will […]
EU referendum 1) Lawson urges Cameron to allow ministers to campaign for Leave ‘With eight of the Prime Minister’s top team ready to campaign for Britain to quit the EU, the Tory peer raised the pressure on him to let them do so without them needing to quit. Lord Lawson urged Mr Cameron to follow Harold […]
Baker warns Cameron he risks revolt if Eurosceptics aren’t allowed to campaign… “Cabinet resignations are inevitable unless David Cameron backs down and allows Eurosceptic ministers to campaign to quit the EU, a senior Tory MP warned yesterday. Steve Baker, co-chairman of Conservatives for Britain, said that ‘more than half’ of Tory MPs – including a […]
EU 1): Boris accused of “shameless grandstanding” “Tensions between Boris Johnson and David Cameron flared again last night after it emerged the London Mayor claimed the Prime Minister had not been tough enough in his approach to talks over Britain’s future in the EU… ‘Boris masquerades as anti-European because it wins him cheap support from […]
Cameron opts to ‘cut and run’ on Europe… “David Cameron yesterday opted to cut and run over Europe, firing the starting gun on a summer 2016 referendum despite failing to secure his key demand to curb mass migration. The Prime Minister declared the ‘best future for Britain’ was in a reformed European Union. But European […]
Prime Minister ‘on the ropes’ over migrant benefits “David Cameron faced a barrage of protest over migrant benefits last night – but claimed he had made ‘really good progress’ in securing a deal to keep Britain in the EU. Countries in Eastern Europe led the charge in dismissing the Prime Minister’s ‘discriminatory’ proposals to stop […]
EU Talks 1) Ashcroft poll reveals voters’ innate scepticism ‘Downing Street is concerned that any vote after next summer – when the migration crisis is expected to peak – could push Britain towards the exit door. It comes as today’s poll by Lord Ashcroft finds that Britain will vote to leave the EU unless the Prime […]
Plan for EU army overshadows Cameron’s renegotiation… “The European Union’s first paramilitary force would have the power to take control of a nation’s borders without the consent of sovereign governments under plans to shore up defences against an influx of migrants… according to plans tabled yesterday by Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president. Europe’s migration […]
Support for leaving the EU rises to 50 per cent ‘British voters’ appetite for leaving the European Union is gathering momentum, putting the prospect of Brexit on a knife edge, a new poll has found. As David Cameron prepares to travel to Brussels for a crucial European summit to discuss his renegotiation plans, a poll […]