Which banks will offer the Help to Buy Isa? Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest, Santander and Virgin Money July 25, 2015 Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Natwest, Santander and Virgin Money are among the banks and building societies which will offer the government's widely anticipated Help to Buy Isa. Help to Buy Isas, unveiled by chancellor George Osborne in his Spring budget, aim to give first-time buyers a much needed helping hand onto the property ladder. [...]
More than one in 10 new mothers claim they were forced to leave their job July 24, 2015 While pregnant women and women on maternity leave in the UK are legally protected against discrimination at work, thousands feel they have been treated unfairly by their employers. According to a government study into new mothers and their employers, 11 per cent of women have claimed that after becoming pregnant they were dismissed, made [...]
Obama’s Brexit intervention is not in Britain’s interests: It benefits an America suffering from an increasingly hostile Europe July 24, 2015 Voters! Hold-up! Stop worrying about that pesky decision about what our future relationship with the EU should look like. You don’t need to worry about exercising your democratic right in the UK, the President of the United States wants the UK to stay in the EU come what may. Phew, glad that’s settled. Ok. [...]
Brexit: UK would lose influence and damage prosperity if it leaves European Union, warns Barack Obama July 24, 2015 Barack Obama has urged Britain to stay in the European Union, saying the country would lose global influence and damage prosperity in the event of a Brexit. Speaking in an interview with the BBC last night, the US President suggested the UK's role in the EU was essential for both business and international security. [...]
Government to scrap Green Deal Finance Company funding after insulation scheme fails to take off July 23, 2015 Government funding for the Green Deal Finance Company has ended due to low take up of the scheme to insulate homes, the department of energy & climate change (DECC) announced yesterday. The project, which provided loans for householders to use in paying for home insulation, failed to live up to expectations DECC described the decision [...]
Heavyweight Tory Stephen Greenhalgh explains why he should be London’s next mayor July 23, 2015 You know what, Chris?” he bellows in the middle of a crowded Westminster cafe, prodding at my arm. “You know what? “I’m the only candidate who has spent over a decade in the engine room of London government.” Conservative Stephen Greenhalgh, deputy mayor for policing and crime, is certainly more bolshie blue than [...]
Government to stop funding Green Deal due to low take up rates and concerns over taxpayer money July 23, 2015 After not enough people took up the government on its offer, it quietly announced today that funding for the Green Deal, its household energy efficiency programme, has been cut. Read more: Green Deal faces criticism with uptake of only 1,612 last year Under the scheme, households could use cheap long-term loans to make their homes more energy efficient [...]
Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna calls for federal UK with an English parliament during speech in Washington D.C. July 23, 2015 A federal Britain with a separate English parliament is the best way to hold the union together, says Chuka Umunna, the shadow business secretary. In a speech in Washington DC, he argued the best way to hold the union together is to give parts of it more autonomy, especially in light of the surge for support [...]
Engineering is the first industry to start making a real move towards apprentices rather than graduates July 23, 2015 NULL
You can only enjoy the UK’s most beautiful scenery if you earn more than £45,000 July 23, 2015 The most beautiful scenery in the UK is the preserve of families who earn more than £45,000 a year, according to a new report by think tank ResPublica. Read more: Tidworth is top town in Royal Mail list of UK’s most desirable postcodes By carrying out a poll of people living across Britain, they [...]