Coulson and Brooks “must have known” of phone hacking claim prosecution “Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson must have known about phone hacking at their newspaper, the Old Bailey has heard. Andrew Edis QC said the prosecution would be able to show there had been phone hacking at the now-closed […]
Repeat offenders responsible for millions of crimes “Almost 150,000 criminals convicted or cautioned last year had committed 15 or more previous offences, figures revealed last night. The ‘frightening’ re-offending rates mean this group alone have been responsible for more than two million crimes between them…Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the figures exposed the abject failure of […]
Better education, welfare reform and immigration controls: Cameron’s plan to cut youth unemployment “He said: ‘Let’s get our education system right so we are producing young people out of our schools and colleges who are fully capable of doing the jobs. Second, let’s reform the welfare system so that it doesn’t pay to be out […]
Barker’s ultimatum for the Big Six: Refund customers or face fines “Ministers will [tell] the power giants to stop stockpiling more than £2 billion from households. … The companies will be told that if they don’t return the money – or pay back the estimated £36 million a year that the cash pile earns in interest – […]
Cameron threatens to ditch HS2 without Labour’s support “The HS2 rail project will be abandoned if Labour withdraws its support, David Cameron has warned. In an intervention that raises serious questions over the project’s future and piles pressure on the Opposition, the Prime Minister said it would be impossible to secure the necessary private investment […]
EU Summit: Spying row wrecks Cameron plan “The claims led to calls for talks on a new trade deal between the EU and US – a key plank of Mr Cameron’s plans for the UK to build a new relationship with Brussels – to be suspended. He was forced to resist calls from fellow EU […]
Windfall taxes, the EU and a shot at IDS – Sir John Major rocks the boat “The former Conservative prime minister piled pressure on David Cameron to act against the “big six” energy companies, suggesting they should be hit with a windfall tax. Sir John said it was “unacceptable” that energy companies were raising prices up […]
Government has to admit: the new nuclear plant may not mean lower bills in future… “A minister who claimed Britain’s first nuclear power station for 20 years would save consumers money had to perform a U-turn yesterday. … Ed Davey had suggested the new generators – paid for by levies on household bills for 35 […]
Disquiet on the Coalition front: Tory ministers speak out against Clegg and his views on free schools “Tory planning minister Nick Boles, suggested Mr Clegg was a hypocrite because he did not want state schools to have the same freedoms enjoyed by his private alma mater, Westminster School. … Education minister Liz Truss yesterday said […]
Yellow B**tards 1) Clegg to attack Gove over free school and academy use of unqualified teachers “Free schools and academies must employ qualified teachers, Nick Clegg will demand this week, in the first break with the Conservatives on education policy under the coalition government. The Deputy Prime Minister will deliver a hard-hitting speech that will […]
Osborne says Britain must do better “Britain has lost its sense of ambition and optimism and has allowed “the bits that were great” to wither, George Osborne has said as he called on the country to “up our game”. The Chancellor said Britain had become “defeatist” and had to improve in the face of the […]
Cameron in PMQs 1) He reckons Mitchell deserves an apology “The row over the Plebgate affair has escalated after the Independent Police Complaints Commission indicated that three forces had watered down the conclusions of an investigation into a meeting between the Police Federation and Andrew Mitchell last year.” – The Guardian “The Prime Minister told […]
May calls on the police to apologise to Mitchell after IPCC judgement… “Theresa May last night called on a chief constable to apologise after an explosive report suggested senior officers had lied to blacken the name of former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell. … In a devastating judgment, the Independent Police Complaints Commission indicated an inquiry […]
Green taxes row rolls on and on as Clegg claims scrapping green taxes would raise energy bills “David Cameron, the Prime Minister, is considering relaxing green taxes in an attempt to relieve the “squeeze” on families struggling with the rising cost of living. A series of announcements on water bills and financial services is expected […]
Lib Dem Ministers fight to keep green taxes – and energy bills – high “Fuel prices will continue to soar, the Energy Secretary said yesterday – as he ruled out moves to cut punishing green taxes. Ed Davey said there was no respite in sight for hard-pressed families struggling to pay their fuel bills, adding: […]