Port Talbot 1) Javid told to expect three years of bills for taxpayers ‘Taxpayers will have to support Britain’s steel industry for up to three years to make it sustainable again, the business secretary will be told today. The warning comes as Sajid Javid prepares to hold his first official talks with a potential buyer of Tata […]
The Sun comes out for the Conservatives in England. But not in Scotland. “Today, after a gruelling five-year wait, and an appalling Labour, The Sun is proud to deliver our choice for the election a week from now. It’s the Tories. The Tories who rebuilt the economy wrecked by Labour – and transformed lives. The […]
Cameron: No rise in Income Tax, NI or VAT…and a law to guarantee it ‘In what aides billed as one of the campaign’s most important speeches, the Tory leader will challenge voters to consult their “gut instinct” on which party is more likely to keep down taxes, saying: “When you’re standing in the polling booth, ask […]
Cameron warns there are just ten days to save the Union from the SNP “David Cameron has told voters that that they have “ten days to save the United Kingdom” in his strongest attack so far on the possibility of an Ed Miliband government supported by the Scottish National party. Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader, […]
Prime Minister attacks rail companies mulling significant price increases… “Rail firms came under fire this weekend for planning a series of fare hikes of up to 87 per cent just ten days after the general election – despite the main party leaders pledging to freeze prices. The Prime Minister has requested First Great Western (FGW) […]
Cameron’s plan for the Tories’ first hundred days in power “David Cameron today announces his plans for the first 100 days of a new Conservative government, promising radical tax cuts if he is re-elected as Prime Minister in 11 days’ time. … Mr Cameron pledges to scrap human rights laws and include a referendum on the […]
Cameron’s bid to win over ethnic minority voters “Britain’s first black prime minister will be a Conservative, David Cameron will claim today. In a bid to woo ethnic minority voters, Mr Cameron will say the Tories are the party of opportunity for people from all backgrounds who want to get on. He will also set […]
Conservatives publish first English manifesto ‘A system of ‘English votes for English laws’ allowing England to set its own rate of income tax will be brought forward within 100 days of a Conservative election victory. David Cameron and William Hague will today pledge that delivering effective ‘home rule’ for England will be one of their party’s […]
On St George’s Day, Conservatives prepare to unveil the first manifesto for England “The Tories will tomorrow inflame the row over a potential Labour-SNP power-sharing deal by unveiling the party’s first ‘manifesto for England’. The Prime Minister and the outgoing Leader of the Commons William Hague will launch the English document, which follows traditional Scottish, Welsh […]
Tactical voting 1) Boris urges UKIP waverers to vote Tory to defeat Miliband ‘Boris Johnson last night urged Ukip voters to ‘swing behind the Conservatives’ to avoid the ‘nightmare’ of a ‘backward-looking Labour government’ propped up by an ‘even more Left-wing’ SNP. The London Mayor claimed Ukip supporters are in ‘increasing psychological conflict’ as they realise […]
Major warns against the ‘mayhem’ of a Labour government held to Nationalist ransom “An Ed Miliband government propped up by the SNP will lead to “mayhem” as Labour faces a “daily dose of political blackmail” that will lead to higher taxes and job losses, Sir John Major is to warn. Making his first intervention of […]
Scotland 1) Cameron promises to stop Scottish Parliament policies hurting the UK… “A Conservative government would create a new principle to ensure decisions by Holyrood do not have an ‘unforeseen detrimental effect’ for people south of the border, he will say. The Prime Minister will tell voters in England that new powers for the Scottish […]
One poll shows a Conservative lead. Another a Labour lead. And with no Tory breakthrough to date, the Prime Minister appeals to LibDem and UKIP voters to switch “So if you are considering voting Ukip or Lib Dem, I urge you to think of the chaos of a weak Ed Miliband, propped up by Nicola […]
Gove rules out any deal with UKIP “The Conservatives will not “get into bed” with Nigel Farage by making a deal with the UK Independence Party after the general election, Michael Gove has said. In an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Gove became the first senior Tory to rule out any kind of deal with […]
Debates 1) Sturgeon ‘nails it again’ and offers to make Miliband PM “Ed Miliband was last night warned he will not get into Number 10 without lurching left, as Scottish Nationalist Nicola Sturgeon told him he is ‘not strong enough’ to win power on his own. He took the high risk decision to appear with the […]