ISIS 1) British police foil terror plot “Four men in their early 20s were arrested in West London yesterday, with one suspect Tasered by firearms police. … Officials swooped amid heightened fears that fanatics who have returned from Syria are planning a high-profile gun attack or a beheading. … It is understood to be the […]
Tory poll lead increases pressure on Miliband… “Labour’s poll rating has fallen to a four year low, heaping yet more pressure on under fire Ed Miliband. An exclusive YouGov survey for The Sun put the party on 33% – its lowest score by our pollsters since it was leaderless way back in June 2010.For the […]
Lib Dems 1) Clegg makes higher taxes a red line for new Coalition ‘Nick Clegg yesterday said the Government must raise taxes for the better off as he rounded on Tory plans to clear the deficit by cutting welfare and public spending. Setting out his red lines for any future coalition deal with the Tories, […]
First Rochester & Strood poll puts Reckless nine points ahead ‘David Cameron faced a second by-election blow last night after a new survey suggested Ukip’s latest Tory MP defector Mark Reckless is on course for victory in Rochester. A Survation poll for The Mail on Sunday shows that Mr Reckless is nine points ahead of […]
Cameron 1) Millions of families could benefit before the deficit is eradicated “Tax cuts for millions of families could be implemented long before the deficit is eradicated, David Cameron said yesterday. The Prime Minister said we could benefit from slashed taxes much sooner than 2018, when Britain is due to balance its books. He said […]
Britain will have sovereignty over human rights, says Grayling – or we’ll leave the ECHR “Britain will force a showdown with Europe to seize back sovereignty over human rights if the Tories win the election. … It will ignore verdicts by Euro judges it does not agree with under an explosive Tory plan to reinstate […]
The Big Speech – how did it go down?; UKIP scoop £1m donation; No more defence cuts.
Conservative Conference 1) Cameron to pledge increase in NHS spending for another five years “David Cameron will promise today to keep increasing the NHS budget for five years if he wins the general election — a move that will condemn other public spending to savage cuts. The prime minister will use his last conference speech […]
Conservative Conference 1) PM promises weekend access to GPs by 2020 “Everyone will have access to a family doctor seven days a week by the end of the decade, David Cameron will pledge on Tuesday. The Prime Minister wants GPs to open for up to 12 hours every day by 2020 to relieve pressure on […]
Conservative Conference 1) Osborne to scrap the pension “death tax” “George Osborne will scrap “punitive” levies on pensions today as he puts workers and savers at the heart of the Conservatives’ tax-cutting election campaign. The chancellor will aim to steady the Tories with a string of promises to do more to reward employment after a […]
UKIP 1) Mark Reckless defects… “The Prime Minister only gave us two arguments why people should not support Ukip. First, it would be a wasted vote as that they could not win MPs. Second, he said that Nigel Farage did not have anyone behind him. … Douglas or I might easily have thought, ‘Well that […]
Iraq 1) Cameron warns The Sun of a ‘war for a generation’ “The war against Islamic State could last more than three years — and become a generational struggle as it spreads to North and West Africa, David Cameron has declared. The PM said Britain and the West are now locked in a long-term campaign against extremists […]
MPs debate bombing ISIS; UKIP propose 35p tax rate; English Home Rule to take centre stage.
ISIS 1) Cameron recalls Parliament to vote on air strikes… “David Cameron last night urged Britain to shake off the spectre of the Iraq war and back potentially years of RAF strikes against the ‘psychopathic murderers’ of Islamic State. … MPs have been scrambled for an emergency recall of Parliament tomorrow to sanction bombing raids on […]
ISIS 1) Cameron: British lives are under threat ‘Islamist terrorists are out to “kill and maim” UK citizens, David Cameron said on Tuesday, as he disclosed that a number of Isil terrorism plots have been foiled. The Prime Minister said Britain cannot “opt out” of the fight against the extremists as he prepares to authorise […]