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 […]
Cameron speaks to Iran as he prepares for air strikes against Islamic State “In a major diplomatic gamble, the Prime Minister will hold talks with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in New York to discuss co-operation over the escalating crisis in neighbouring Iraq. … The talks, due to take place at the United Nations today, are […]
England 1) Commons vote proposed on excluding Scottish MPs from English business “David Cameron will tell MPs that he wants to hold a vote on English home rule before the next election, cornering Ed Miliband as the leaders stave off accusations of backtracking over devolution. The prime minister will honour his pledge to give greater […]
Cameron challenges Labour over English votes… “Why should Scottish MPs be able to vote on what is taught in English schools, to reduce spending on English hospitals, or even vary English or Welsh income taxes, when under the new settlement English or Welsh MPs would have no say in such matters in Scotland? It is […]
Scotland 1) Salmond to stand down as First Minister “Alex Salmond is to step down as Scottish first minister after voters rejected independence. He will also resign as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), which he has led for a total of 20 years. Scottish voters backed the country staying in the UK by […]
Scotland decides 1) No wins by 55.3 per cent to 44.7 “Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence. … With the results in from all 32 council areas, the ‘No’ side polled 2,001,926, votes to 1,617,989 for ‘Yes’. … The result became a mathematical certainty at 06:08, as […]
Final poll in Scottish referendum puts No on 52 per cent “The survival of the United Kingdom was hanging by a thread last night after the final Times poll in the referendum campaign put the nationalists only two points from victory. The large YouGov poll put the No campaign to keep the Union on 52 […]
Scotland 1) Tories turn on Cameron over his promises to Scottish voters… “A pledge by David Cameron to maintain Scotland’s controversial public spending formula was yesterday branded by Conservative MPs as a ‘last-minute bribe’. … Senior Tories warned the Prime Minister faces a ‘deferred bloodbath’ over the inducements offered to the Scots to persuade them […]
Scotland 1) Final plea from Cameron: “I won’t be here forever” “David Cameron begged the people of Scotland not to leave the United Kingdom as he promised them that he “won’t be here forever”. In a final plea before Thursday’s referendum, the Prime Minister warned Scottish voters in a speech in Aberdeen that separation would […]