This former chancellor has joined a new financial well-being charity November 7, 2016 A charity set up to boost financial well-being and resilience across the UK has just welcomed a former chancellor onto its board of trustees. Alistair Darling, who served as chancellor between 2007 and 2010, has joined Standard Life Foundation and he is expected to become the charity's chair at the start of 2017. Howard Davies, who used [...]
Brexit minister sticks to his guns as he eyes the Supreme Court November 7, 2016 Government still intends trigger Article 50 by the end of March next year and also appeal a case on the matter to the highest court in the country, the Brexit minister has maintained today. David Davis also noted government will be applying for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court this week. Last week, a trio [...]
These are London’s best US Presidential election parties November 7, 2016 US presidential election day is less than 24 hours away, and if you’re planning on staying up to see which one of the candidates will triumph in the race for the White House, why not do so in style. Drag yourself away from the sofa and head out to the best US election parties London [...]
MPs pay surprise visit to Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse November 7, 2016 MPs have made a surprise visit to Sports Direct's Shirebrook warehouse to take a look at how the retailer is progressing with improvements to its working practices. The Telegraph has reported that Iain Wright MP, chair of the business, energy and industrial strategy committee, which led an inquiry into Sports Direct earlier this year, gave [...]
18 Twitter accounts to follow on US Election Day November 7, 2016 Excitement is building about polling day in the US tomorrow. The nervous-excitement that comes from watching an election from the other side of the world, which could be closer than the polls predict. Read more: Five ways tech is helping the US vote for its next President After Brexit and an unforeseen result in the General Election [...]
Five ways tech is helping the US vote for its next President November 7, 2016 Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? Whichever way the US goes, voters are being given a helping hand by technology. The hotly contested race for the White House is nearly over, but the likes of Google and Uber have joined the final push to get millions of Americans out to vote. Every little helps, after all. 1. Google [...]
Farage mulls leading 100,000 strong march on Supreme Court ruling November 7, 2016 And you thought that Brexit couldn't get much weirder. It can. Now Nigel Farage is considering leading an army of 100,000 Brexit-supporters outside the Supreme Court on the day it considers an appeal on the triggering of Article 50. The march, which is likely to be held on December 5, the planned first day of the [...]
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary wants Theresa May to stop “faffing around” in India and focus on Brussels November 7, 2016 Ryanair has just raised its passenger growth forecast but chief executive Michael O'Leary isn't happy. He told the BBC that business was "booming" but the environment was "bearish" post-Brexit. And he was particularly unimpressed with how the government is proceeding, saying it had "no idea" as to how it will actually deliver Brexit. O'Leary said Prime Minister Theresa May [...]
Lord Karan Bilimoria slams Theresa May’s immigration policy November 7, 2016 The founder of Cobra beers has attacked Theresa May's immigration policy, deeming it to be "economically illiterate". Lord Karan Bilimoria, who is also a cross-bench peer, said the Prime Minister's plans to cut migration future showed "very negative messages" towards migrants. The government insist it is still working towards reducing net migration to 100,000 per year. [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Donald Trump has lashed out at the FBI after Hillary Clinton was cleared of an email scandal (again) November 7, 2016 Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has lashed out at the FBI for closing its inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails for a second time. James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said no criminal charges against the Democratic nominee were warranted. In a letter to Congress, Comey said the agency had worked "around the clock" [...]