Cameron stands firm against Sturgeon over tax, the EU, and a referendum… “David Cameron rejected a trio of core SNP demands during ‘frank’ face-to-face talks with Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh today. The Prime Minister ruled out granting Scotland a second independence referendum or giving the country a veto over Britain’s place in […]
The welfare cap encourages thousands into work ‘More than 14,400 households which had their handouts limited to the maximum £500 a week now boast at least one member in employment. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith hailed the latest figures, saying they showed the cap was gradually putting an end to ‘runaway’ welfare claims and […]
Osborne offers England’s cities a deal on self-rule “George Osborne will today announce a law offering the big cities of England unprecedented new powers, but only if they follow Greater Manchester in adopting an elected metro-mayor. Mr Osborne will claim that ‘the old model of trying to run everything in our country from the centre […]
The Big Tent reshuffle: Raab, Crouch and other former rebels brought into government ‘Dominic Raab, seen as one of the brightest stars of the 2010 Conservative intake but long denied a job after rebelling over Europe and human rights legislation, was made justice minister. He will work with the new Justice Secretary Michael Gove on scrapping […]
Reshuffle 1) Cameron moves to tackle Tory image as party of the rich “David Cameron will today tell the first all-Conservative Cabinet for 18 years that they represent ‘the real party of working people’. After years of being accused of running a privately-educated ‘chumocracy’, the Prime Minister more than doubled the number of comprehensive-educated ministers […]
Cameron 1) Moves fast to ‘lance the boil’ of Europe “A referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU could be held sooner than expected. David Cameron has promised to give voters their say in an in/out vote by the end of 2017 after renegotiating looser ties with Brussels. Last night, the Prime Minister announced that […]
New Cabinet drawn up to ‘reach out’ to every wing of the party… “David Cameron is today working in Downing Street on the Cabinet reshuffle, offering jobs to MPs from every wing of the Tory party to shore up his support in the wake of his shock election victory. The Prime Minister hopes to head […]
Cameron hails “the sweetest victory” “Mr Cameron began one of the most extraordinary days of recent political history by driving from his count in Witney, Oxfordshire, to Conservative campaign headquarters in London to join party aides celebrating the result. He is the first incumbent prime minister since Lord Salisbury in 1900 to increase vote share […]
The morning overview 1) The Conservatives are heading towards a narrow majority “David Cameron says he hopes to govern for all of the UK as a BBC forecast gives the Tories 329 seats – enough to form a slender majority in the Commons. … The prime minister said it was ‘too early to say’ the final […]
Polling Day. Final Forecasts. Most go with the Conservatives to win more seats than Labour. But if so, will Cameron be able to form a government? Elections Etc: Conservative: 285 Labour: 262 Liberal Democrat: 25 SNP: 53 Plaid Cyrmu: 3 UKIP: 3 Green: 1 Other: 1 Election Forecast: Conservative: 281 Labour: 266 Liberal Democrat: 27 […]
Cameron: Every vote matters tomorrow – use yours wisely ‘That is the simple, inescapable choice tomorrow: me leading a strong and stable government, or with Ed Miliband, the chaos of being held to ransom by the SNP. Your vote can and will make a difference at this election. It’s that close. There is no room for […]
For a strong government and Union, The Independent backs the Coalition “A hung parliament is certain this week. For all his talk of no deals with the SNP, Miliband is bound to rely on that party to get his legislative programme through. This would be a disaster for the country, unleashing justified fury in England at the decisive […]
Prime Minister urges UKIP and Lib Dem voters to ‘stop and think’ about Miliband “David Cameron will today issue a rallying cry to Lib Dem and Ukip voters as fears grow that Britain is heading for weeks or months of political paralysis in a hung Parliament. The Prime Minister says he wakes in the night […]
The Prime Minister comes out swinging: Sturgeon would take away your cash and your country ‘No one can accuse Cameron of lacking passion in his ferocious attacks on Miliband and Nicola Sturgeon over the possibility of a Labour-SNP alliance…‘You’ve got to ask yourself, does Nicola Sturgeon at the end of a five-year Ed Miliband Government want […]
Cameron pledges to add £1,000 to pensioners’ income within five years “David Cameron will today claim a Tory government will add another £1,000 to pensioners’ annual income within five years. The Prime Minister will say that, thanks to the Conservative ‘triple lock’, the basic state pension will rise to £6,999 a year by 2019/20 according […]