EU referendum: Conservative MPs threaten to bring down their own government in Brexit row June 15, 2016 A host of Conservative MPs have threatened to vote down a revenue-raising post-Brexit budget as the civil war engulfing the Conservative Party reaches new heights. As George Osborne threatened Brexit would force him to raise new taxes or cut spending to plug a £30bn hold in the public finances, 57 Conservatives have this morning issued [...]
EU referendum: Ken Clarke reflects on a life spent pondering Europe June 15, 2016 Ken Clarke has not written the final chapter of his memoirs. It will be written, he says, after 23 June, so he can look back on the referendum on the European Union. After all, Europe is a thorny issue that has engulfed his political life, often put him at odds with his party and arguably [...]
Betting odds indicate 62 per cent probability of Remain as banks plan to draft in senior traders ahead of referendum night volatility June 15, 2016 Betting odds indicate that there is now a 62 per cent probability of a Remain vote in next week's referendum, according to Betfair. The implied probability of an In vote fell on Tuesday to around 55 per cent but then recovered to around 62 per cent later in the day, the bookmaker said. The slight [...]
MPs cast doubt on government promises to working parents, warning that the early years system might not be capable of delivering on free childcare plans June 15, 2016 MPs have today warned the government may not be able to deliver on a set of promises designed to benefit working parents. A report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned that there may not be enough childcare providers to fulfil the government's pledge of an additional 15 hours of free childcare a week to working families [...]
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson to argue that a Remain vote in the EU referendum would create one million new jobs June 15, 2016 Labour deputy leader Tom Watson will today claim that remaining inside the EU would create more than a million jobs in the UK by 2030. Speaking in London tomorrow, Watson will argue that future EU trade would open up markets in digital services energy and tourism. Treasury figures have forecast that long-term benefits of a [...]
George Osborne and Alistair Darling to forecast £30bn of revenue raising after a Brexit vote June 15, 2016 Chancellor George Osborne is to team with his immediate predecessor to warn that a Brexit vote would trigger an emergency “Brexit budget”, with the aim of raising £30bn. Osborne and former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling will today forecast tens of billions of spending cuts and tax rises if the UK votes to leave. The pair [...]
Fewer children can get first choice school places because of immigration, Leave campaigner Priti Patel has warned June 14, 2016 Leave campaigners have seized on new figures from the Department for Education which warn that the number of applications for school places is continuing to rise, while fewer students are able to get their first choices. Figures from the DfE show that 84.1 per cent of children were allocated places at their first choice for [...]
EU referendum: Just one in 10 bets taken in past two days back Remain as Leave makes strides in polls June 14, 2016 Punters are starting to back the pro-Brexit camp with just one in 10 bets placed in the last 48 hours being in favour of Remain with one bookmaker. While a slew of polls has put Leave ahead of Remain, Sporting Index has also found a flood of bets backing Leave over the past 48 hours has [...]
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has blamed rebel Labour MPs for a furore around his Hitler comments June 14, 2016 Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has claimed that Blairite MPs have deliberately misrepresented his comments around Zionism and Adolf Hitler in a bid to undermine Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Livingstone's comments came as part of a Home Affairs Committee probe into the broader issue of anti-semitism, with the former London mayor asked to give evidence following his [...]
Sir Philip Green will be chatting with MPs tomorrow after all June 14, 2016 After a few days of doubt, Sir Philip Green has today confirmed that he will attend a hearing with MPs to discuss the collapse of BHS after all. There was some speculation that the Arcadia boss would bow out of his scheduled meeting after last week calling for the chair of the Work and Pensions select committee to [...]