SNP calls for full fiscal autonomy for Scotland but Tory minister slams it as a “shambles” June 16, 2015 The SNP is using its newly acquired Westminster clout to push for more powers to be devolved to Scotland. The party, which is now the third largest in Parliament, has sent a letter to the government's Scottish secretary David Mundell calling for more Holyrood powers. Under its plans, Scotland would be able to control corporation tax, capital [...]
London mayor election: Poll shows Zac Goldsmith would lose to Tessa Jowell but tie with Sadiq Khan June 16, 2015 Tessa Jowell is Labour's best bet to replace Boris Johnson with one of its own candidates, according to the latest polling by YouGov. The poll indicates that Zac Goldsmith, the favourite candidate for the Tories, would lose to Dame Tessa Jowell – while he would be in a dead heat against Sadiq Khan. The former [...]
Labour leadership race: Burnham, Cooper, Kendall and Corbyn are nominated June 16, 2015 Four candidates in the Labour leadership race have attained the necessary support to be placed on the ballot paper to succeed Ed Miliband. Jeremy Corbyn, the left-leaning candidate in the race, gained the support of 36 MPs just two minutes before the deadline – just above the quota needed to be considered for the leadership [...]
Cameron to promise more Eurosceptic concessions as he limits public money for yes campaign June 16, 2015 David Cameron will today concede to his Tory backbenchers that he will limit public money for a pro-EU campaign in the upcoming referendum. In a bid to pacify its slim majority, the government will reassure its Eurosceptic MPs that there will be no taxpayer-funded push for the UK to remain in the EU. Read more: [...]
David Cameron courts EU leaders amid Commons row over referendum June 15, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron will hit the road again this week for more one-on-one meetings with European leaders, while MPs in the House of Commons gear up for more divisive debate over the EU referendum bill. Cameron is due to visit Italy, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Slovenia later this week, as well as welcome the president of [...]
Republican Jeb Bush joins US presidential race with 4pc economic growth target June 15, 2015 Ever since he quit his job at Barclays and began travelling the country on a fundraising campaign last year, speculation has mounted that Jeb Bush would make a run for President of the United States. The brother of George W. Bush and son of George HW. Bush formally announced his campaign in Florida where he [...]
More delays: Airports Commission to face courtroom stand-off with angry Teddington residents over pollution review June 15, 2015 The decision over where to build a new runway is about to be put off for even longer, after a group of residents in Teddington (in Heathrow's flight path) applied for a Judicial Review of the work of the Airports Commission. Read more: Businesses slam delay over airports action The Commission, led by Sir Howard [...]
Labour leadership contest: Jeremy Corbyn makes it onto Labour leader ballot in 11th-hour victory: Who are the MPs that endorsed him? June 15, 2015 Jeremy Corbyn has made it onto the ballot for Labour's leadership contest with less than an hour to go before the deadline. It was confirmed that the Islington MP, who is seen as more left-wing than many of his competitors, received the required 35 nominations just moments before the midday closing point. It [...]
George Galloway thinks Scotland will be independent in five years as he aims for London mayorship June 15, 2015 Staunch "no" campaigner George Galloway has said he thinks that an independent Scotland is "probably nigh" as he launches his campaign to be London Mayor. "I think independence is probably nigh," he said in an interview with the Sunday Herald. "The only way it could have been stopped is if we had got a Labour government [...]
Boris Johnson calls for scientist Tim Hunt to be reinstated, claiming it’s a scientific fact that women cry more than men June 15, 2015 Boris Johnson has called for Tim Hunt, the scientist who resigned from his senior academic positions after making provocative comments about women at a conference last week, to be given his jobs back. The London Mayor claims it is a “fact” that women cry more than men, and Hunt should therefore not be punished for [...]