“As many as 100 MPs could be prepared to support a vote of no confidence in David Cameron if Britain votes to remain in the EU, Tory sources have claimed. Backbenchers furious at the way Mr Cameron and his allies have conducted the referendum campaign are considering calling for him to go, even if he wins the June 23 vote by a significant margin. Just 50 Tory MPs are needed to trigger a vote of no confidence in the leader.” – Daily Telegraph
Leave:
Economy:
Letter:
Remain:
>Today: Nadhim Zahawi MP’s column: Leave is not about choosing ‘Little Britain’ – it’s about backing small businesses
>Yesterday:
“Jeremy Corbyn has defended migrants’ “amazing contribution” to Britain, saying that areas in which there had been “big change” had often recorded economic growth. The Labour leader dismissed claims from his brother Piers that he was “in his heart a Eurosceptic” as he made the case for Britain to remain in the EU.” – The Times (£)
Labour:
The Left:
“I don’t want Britain to become Europe’s awkward neighbour, twitching the curtains at the world outside, helpless to do much about it. Staying in offers us a double win. We remain a proud, principled, liberal, democratic, (sometimes idiosyncratic) sovereign trading nation, and retain the ability to benefit from and reform a more flexible EU. I believe this will be good for all.” – The Times (£)
Editorials:
Leave:
“A radical overhaul of the care system to encourage adoption will be at the centre of the Queen’s Speech. David Cameron yesterday called for ‘zero tolerance of state failure’ as he highlighted worrying trends of children who are placed in care falling into crime, the sex trade and homelessness in later life.” – Daily Mail
“George Osborne’s living wage means most employees are unlikely to see much of a boost to their pay until the end of the year, experts in human resources have warned. A report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found that salaries are likely to remain stuck in the slow lane until at least 2020. Some workers could see their hours reduced and other benefits scrapped as a result of the Chancellor’s national living wage, they say.” – Daily Mail
“A powerful committee of MPs warns jails in England and Wales are seeing rising levels of ‘violence, self-harm and suicide’. The chaos behind bars threatens to ‘severely undermine’ Justice Secretary Michael Gove’s efforts to rehabilitate thousands of inmates and reduce reoffending rates, the Justice Select Committee said. Safety in jails in England and Wales continues to deteriorate ‘significantly’ despite measures designed to make them safer, the MPs warned.” – Daily Mail
“Nicky Morgan has been warned that she will face a fresh backlash from Conservative MPs if she seeks to toughen the law to stop term-time holidays. The education secretary will meet her team of lawyers today to discuss how to respond to last week’s successful court challenge to a fine imposed on a parent for his child’s unauthorised absence. Her aides accept that the ruling has doomed schools’ current legal sanctions against parents who take their children on term-time holidays.” – The Times (£)
>Today: ToryDiary: Jo Johnson moves to open up a closed University system
“Sajid Javid, the Business Secretary, has said women should not be forced to wear high heels to work, amid growing calls to ban companies from making it a condition of their dress codes. Nicola Thorp, an actress and part-time receptionist, launched a petition to make the practice illegal after being sent home from her temping job after refusing to wear shoes with a two to four-inch heel.” – Daily Telegraph
“The Scottish and UK Governments should put political disagreements aside and work in the national interest, Scottish Secretary David Mundell has said. The public is “sick and tired” of arguments between London and Edinburgh, he added, and now is time to “reset the relationship” following the Holyrood election, he added. The Tory minister said new powers over tax, welfare and equal opportunities that will be devolved later this year will make Holyrood “one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the world”.” – The Scotsman
Wales:
Northern Ireland:
“The senior Conservative Party official at the heart of the Tory bullying scandal was last night implicated in the controversy over election spending limits. Mark Clarke, known as the ‘Tatler Tory’, had been in charge of the party’s battle bus campaign in which supporters were driven into target seats ahead of last year’s General Election. A leaked email shows he wrote to candidates and their teams to advise them how to declare spending on the campaign buses to the elections watchdog.” – Daily Mail
“Donald Trump has warned that he may not have a “very good relationship” with David Cameron after the prime minister branded his proposal to ban Muslims from the US as “stupid”. The US presidential hopeful also sniped at the new London mayor, Sadiq Khan, calling him “ignorant” for comments he made after being elected and warning him: “I will remember those statements.”” – The Guardian