Cameron 1) Tories will create two million new jobs “A Conservative government will create 2 million new jobs in the next five years, David Cameron has said, as he warned that Britain will go back to “square one” and the days of “big unemployment” under Ed Miliband. In his latest manifesto pledge, the Prime Minister […]
Conservatives four points ahead of Labour in ComRes poll “The Conservatives have tonight moved into their strongest poll position for almost five years. As David Cameron prepares to go to Buckingham Palace tomorrow to mark the formal start of the general election campaign, ending the long phoney war between the political parties, an exclusive ComRes […]
Labour takes four-point lead over Tories “Labour surged into a four-point lead in the polls last night, delivering a wounding blow to David Cameron as he prepares to meet the Queen tomorrow to kickstart the general election campaign. The first comprehensive national poll conducted since Cameron and Ed Miliband faced a televised grilling by Jeremy […]
Cameron pledges a seven day NHS.. “A Conservative government will create a “truly seven-day NHS”, David Cameron will say, as he pledges that everyone is the country will have weekend access to urgent and emergency care at the weekend. The Prime Minister will use the first major speech of his general election campaign to promise […]
Press and public split on ‘debate’ result: commentators call it for Miliband as public back Cameron “The Prime Minister was forced to defend soaring immigration, putting up taxes and the number of people stuck on zero-hours contracts as he went first in a televised interview and audience Q&A. He was also made to squirm over […]
Salmond will back Labour unconditionally ‘Ed Miliband could be given unconditional support by the Scottish Nationalists to lead the next government, Alex Salmond has said. In his latest intervention, the former Scottish first minister said that his party would do whatever it took to lock David Cameron out of Downing Street. He claims that the SNP will […]
Cameron is heckled by pensioners… ‘David Cameron was heckled by pensioners over the NHS yesterday amid growing doubts inside the Tory party about how it is confronting Labour’s top election issue. The prime minister faced mocking laughter, jeering and cries of “rubbish” while defending levels of health spending at a conference organised by Age UK, the charity […]
Cameron’s bombshell: He rules out a third term as Prime Minister and names potential successors “David Cameron risked undermining his prime ministerial authority last night by ruling out a third term in power. If re-elected in May, Mr Cameron said he would serve a full five years but then quit Number 10. He suggested Boris […]
Conservative manifesto will give 2.5 million the right to buy “A radical extension of Margaret Thatcher’s flagship housing policy is set to be included in the Conservative manifesto as Tories bid to woo working-class voters. The Right to Buy would be extended to up to 2.5million housing-association tenants, transforming the lives of many. The reform, […]
Debates 1) Downing Street claims victory, Miliband lines up with minnows “Downing Street was last night claiming victory in the battle over the Election TV debates after Ed Miliband was forced to line up with the minnow parties on a ‘night of the non-entities’. Labour reacted with fury when the broadcasters announced – after weeks […]
Cameron: I’ll prevail in my European Mission Impossible… “David Cameron today compared himself to action hero Tom Cruise in his mission to overhaul Britain’s relationship with Europe. … The Prime Minister said a Tory victory in the General Election would give him a ‘very powerful mandate’ to win sweeping reforms and insisted it was possible. […]
Osborne 1) We are better off with George, experts claim “Families will be better off this year than they were when the Coalition came to power, independent experts said yesterday. In a boost to George Osborne, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said it was ‘very likely’ that household incomes would be higher this year than […]
Budget 1) “Britain is walking tall again” Image via Nick Sutton. “Chancellor George Osborne yesterday insisted ‘Britain is walking tall again’ — as he doled out money to savers, strivers, drivers and drinkers. … In a disappointment for some Tory and Lib Dem backbenchers, there was no jumbo surprise pre-election giveaway — despite the growing […]
Budget 1) Osborne to offer a taste of post-austerity Britain “George Osborne will today use a £10 billion windfall from a booming economy to offer voters a taste of post-austerity Britain as he kicks off the Conservatives’ election campaign. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will upgrade GDP growth for this year and next in today’s […]
Cameron unveils increases in the minimum wage… “Businesses will be forced to let workers share the fruits of recovery with the biggest real-terms increase in the minimum wage since the financial crisis. The standard rate will rise from October to £6.70 an hour, benefiting 1.4million, while the rate for apprentices will go up by a […]