Referendum 1) Leave narrow the gap by eight points in latest poll “Public concern over immigration has delivered a “significant” boost to the Leave campaign amid growing concern about Britain’s ability to control its borders, a new poll suggests. Leave now has 46 per cent of the vote share, with Remain on 51 per cent. The […]
Disunity 1) Bridgen and Dorries fuel talk of a leadership challenge ‘David Cameron is facing the threat of a leadership challenge following the EU referendum after the Brexit camp turned its sights on the prime minister with a series of highly personal attacks. Bearing the hallmarks of an orchestrated campaign, Eurosceptic Tories piled pressure on Mr Cameron, […]
Leave fights back as Purdah kicks in 1) Boris and Gove say Cameron can’t deliver his immigration pledge unless Britain leaves the EU “In the most pointed “blue on blue” attack to date by the leaders of the Brexit campaign, Gove and Johnson ridicule Cameron’s flagship promise, saying: “Voters were promised repeatedly at elections that […]
Referendum 1) Pensions could be hit if we remain in the EU warn experts “Pensioners were last night told they face losing ‘dramatic’ sums of money if Britain votes to stay in the European Union. The warning flies in the face of George Osborne’s claim that Brexit would cost every pensioner up to £32,000 – and […]
Referendum 1) Immigration from the EU hits an all-time high ‘A record number of jobless EU migrants moving to Britain to look for work has pushed immigration from the European Union to an all-time high. In a hammer blow to David Cameron, official figures showed the total number of EU nationals coming here under freedom-of-movement […]
Office for National Statistics: Immigration will increase England’s population by four million “London alone will be home to almost ten million by 2024 and the southeast and east of England will grow at faster rates than the total population, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The predictions, the last set of migration figures […]
Cameron denounced for dodging TV debates “David Cameron was branded a coward last night for refusing to debate on TV with senior Brexit campaigners. Despite claiming the case to stay in the EU is overwhelming, the Prime Minister will take part only in interviews and question and answer sessions with voters. His opponents suspect he […]
Will Cameron be challenged when the referendum ends? “Dozens of Tory MPs are threatening to topple David Cameron over his handling of the EU referendum. In the wake of the latest Brexit ‘dodgy’ dossier row, senior party figures said he would have to name a date for his departure if he wanted to avoid a […]
Referendum 1): Brexit would cause year long recession claims Osborne “Britain would enter a year-long recession if the country voted to leave the European Union, George Osborne will say today. The chancellor will urge voters not to choose what he describes as a “DIY recession” in next month’s referendum, which he said could leave the economy […]
Conservatives and Europe 1) Patel: Cameron is hysterical “Vowing not to be silenced, Patel said: “When it gets personal, people are losing the argument and they have nothing else to say. I will carry on regardless. I’m not going to dwell on what people may think about me or are saying about me. They are […]
Osborne claims Brexit would cause a shock fall in house prices “A UK vote to leave the European Union would cause an “immediate economic shock” that could slow house price growth, the chancellor has said. In the event of a vote for Brexit, by 2018, houses could be worth up to 18% less than if the UK voted […]
Referendum 1) Cameron attacks Boris and Gove – while saying he doesn’t want ‘blue-on-blue conflict’ ‘The PM said BoJo had “told a lot of people he’d never been a leaver” before opting for Out. He also used an LBC radio interview to say Boris was “wrong” to compare the European Union to Hitler. He was “sad […]
EU workers rise by 250,000 in a year “Official labour market statistics showed an additional 413,000 workers in the UK in January to March this year compared with the same period last year. Eight out of ten of these were non-UK-born people, including the quarter of a million who were from the EU. The figures […]
Queen’s Speech 1) The biggest prison reform programme since the Victorian era ‘The piloting of the next generation of tags is among a series of justice reforms to be announced in the Queen’s Speech today. The government described the plans as the biggest shake-up of prisons since Victorian times. Governors will be given more power […]
Cameron’s “EU sham” exposed… “A pact between David Cameron and big business to scare Britain into staying in the EU was exposed last night. A leaked letter suggests the Prime Minister was plotting with a multinational firm on how to hammer home the Remain case while still claiming he was prepared to campaign to leave. […]