A Goldman Sachs banker has likened the UK under Jeremy Corbyn to "Cuba without the sunshine" in a nervy attack on the Labour leader at the Super Investor private-equity conference in Amsterdam. Fat cat Bobby Vedral warned the apparent chaos in Theresa May’s government has raised the risk of Mr ...
Philip Hammond will present the Budget next week amidst new global figures that show the UK is now bottom of the growth league among major economies in Europe and North America. The data on GDP up to Q3 2017 puts Britain significantly behind its peers, dropping below Belgium, Italy and France. ...
In recent weeks, a tide of allegations about sexual harassment and violence have engulfed the Palace of Westminster, with numerous stories emerging of women being subjected to abuse by men in senior positions on both sides of the political spectrum. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour are all running investigations ...
Theresa May is now 5/2 to resign before the new year amidst cabinet chaos. The Prime Minister's odds have been slashed from 25/1 after the actions of Priti Patel, Boris Johnson and Michael Fallon left the front bench in turmoil. Betway still holds 2018 as the favoured year for her resignation at ...
Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been suspended by the Conservatives following ‘serious allegations’ that have been referred to the police. Mr Elphicke, has been the MP for Dover since 2010, and is also a former party whip. Mr Elphiche has denied any wrongdoing and accused the Tory party of tipping ...
Theresa May’s government faced more humiliation last night, unable to contest a vote in Parliament that the opposition had brought calling on the government to reveal reports they had commissioned into the possible effects of Brexit. For months, Labour has called for reports into the economic effects of Brexit into ...
Conservative Party secretaries, researchers and aides have compiled a list of 36 Tory MPs' inappropriate sexual behaviour and unwanted advances. As senior Conservative figures have been furiously briefing to downplay sexual allegations against Tory MPs, furious Westminster workers have been compiling proof that 11% of all the party's MPs have ...
Real pay is now down almost 5 per cent since financial crash showing Conservatives have no clue how to ‘make work pay’ says GMB union. GMB, Britain’s general union, has condemned both the Government’s handling of the economy and the public sector pay cap after official figures published today (26 ...
Thank you for that fantastic welcome and thank you for inviting me here today. I want to begin by saying that today’s “Socialists Together” conference is a great initiative, and when Gianni Pittella invited me to speak, I was very glad to accept. I want to thank everybody from all ...