Budget 1) Osborne’s big gamble ‘George Osborne wooed Middle Britain with tax cuts and a big boost for savers yesterday but admitted the UK’s finances had plunged deeper into the red. In a high-stakes Budget, he also slapped a surprise sugar tax of 8p on a can of fizzy drink and made incendiary remarks on […]
Osborne to announce school reforms… “George Osborne will spend £1.5 billion on additional lessons and activities at secondary schools over the next four years in a move that his aides said spelt the end of the ‘Victorian’ finish time of 3.30pm. In today’s budget, the chancellor will also confirm that local education authorities are to […]
Budget 1) The Chancellor breaks out his shovel for a surge in infrastructure spending ‘George Osborne is to accelerate the spending of billions of pounds on new roads, railways and housing in an effort to keep the economy from stagnating. Better connections between northern cities, including work on the longest road tunnel in Europe, and high-speed […]
Osborne tries to downplay fresh cuts in u-turn on economic outlook “George Osborne will this week unveil a £4 billion round of fresh spending cuts amid dire warnings there is a £50 billion black hole in his Budget. The Chancellor yesterday admitted the economic outlook had become ‘more uncertain’ since he announced rosy forecasts in […]
The row over the Queen’s views about Europe rumbles on. The Justice Secretary is under pressure. “Cabinet Euro rebel Michael Gove was fighting for his political life last night after he appeared to confess leaking the Queen’s comments about the EU. … Pressure on Justice Secretary Mr Gove to quit grew after he said The […]
Raab says immigration promise can only be delivered by leaving the EU “David Cameron can only deliver his pledge to cut immigration to the “tens of thousands” by leaving the European Union, a justice minister warns today. Speaking to the Telegraph, Dominic Raab warned that the Government “can’t deliver on the promises” it has made […]
Obama blames ‘distracted’ Cameron for the situation in Libya ‘President Obama launched an extraordinary attack on David Cameron last night for allowing Libya to deteriorate into lawlessness and become a haven for Islamic State. In highly unusual criticism of a serving British prime minister from his American ally, Mr Obama claimed that Mr Cameron stopped paying […]
Commons Library disputes Cameron’s EU deal’s legal status… “David Cameron’s controversial EU deal could be thrown out by European judges, according to a respected source of impartial research. The shaky legal status of last month’s Brussels agreement means it ‘cannot guarantee all the outcomes envisaged’, said a report from the House of Commons library.” – […]
EU 1) MPs warn that Cameron’s renegotiation has weakened Britain’s position ‘David Cameron’s EU renegotiation has left Britain vulnerable because it removes the right of future prime ministers to use Britain’s veto during treaty negotiations, according to 11 Tory MPs including former cabinet ministers. In a letter to The Times, the group, led by Peter […]
Cameron aide did put pressure on Longworth “A senior aide to David Cameron gave a telephone dressing-down to the business chief who dared to speak out in favour of Brexit. Daniel Korski, who is paid £93,000 a year, rang John Longworth just hours before the British Chambers of Commerce sensationally suspended him from his post […]
Twice as many Tory local chairmen back quitting the EU as staying “Almost twice as many Conservative local chairmen will vote to leave the European Union than stay in, according to the most extensive survey of Tory grassroots since the referendum. In a major blow to David Cameron’s attempts to win over his party, some 42 […]
The Brexiteers fight back. Boris to proclaim on Marr that the EU is broken… “He will throw down the gauntlet to Mr Cameron in a BBC interview today, arguing the EU is ‘broken and cannot be fixed’ – and staying in will ‘make things worse for Britain’. Former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett says that […]
Tebbit and Fox insist Cameron must resign if UK votes to leave the EU… “The Conservative Party was plunged further into civil war over Europe last night as two grandees warned that David Cameron may have to quit. Former party chairmen Lord Tebbit and Liam Fox both suggested that the Prime Minister will be forced […]
Cameron accused of recruiting France to ‘Project Fear’… “Downing Street was accused of orchestrating an EU ‘propaganda’ campaign aimed at scaring British voters last night with an apparent threat by France to scrap immigration controls at Calais. First, French economy minister Emmanuel Macron claimed a Brexit would provoke France into tearing up the bilateral deal […]
EU 1) Lord Rose says a Leave vote will mean higher wages ‘Wages will rise if Britain votes to leave the European Union and the number of EU migrants coming to the UK falls, the head of the “in” campaign has admitted. Lord Rose, the former head of Marks & Spencer who is leading the Britain […]