The Prime Minister warned the party is a “danger” to the economy with its plans to raid the pockets of hardworking families, hit businesses and even increase death duties. It needs to find billions of pounds to fund a raft of extravagant promises to pay out higher benefits and turn on the spending taps. Since Mr […]
WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department moved closer to a politically sensitive prosecution of former top FBI official Andrew McCabe on Thursday by rejecting a request from his legal team to drop the case, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. The notice indicates that the department could soon bring criminal […]
Amélie de Montchalin yesterday warned Europhiles of escalating tensions if Britain leaves the bloc without a deal as good relations would need to remain between Paris and London no matter what the outcome of the Brexit process. “We have a responsibility to remain extremely calm, because we will have a future relationship,” with Britain after Brexit, […]
Campaigners have launched a fresh legal fight to stop Boris Johnson forcing through a no-deal Brexit . Pro-EU QCs Joanna Cherry MP and Jo Maugham will ask judges to fine or imprison the Prime Minister if he ignores a new Act of Parliament passed by MPs this week. The Act demands he sends a letter […]
Activists close to the party are pushing for a four-day working week, a zero carbon target by 2030 and a new £2 billion tax on city market traders. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell is set to outline some of Labour’s proposals at an event in London today. Left-wing grassroots movement Momentum are understood to be playing […]
Fears about the standard of care received by infants at the Hyde and Seek crèches were raised with Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone more than a year ago, documents show. Both Ms Zappone and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe were alerted to problems at the Glasnevin centre. The owner of the chain, Anne Davy, stepped down in […]
British shipbuilding receives a boost as Boris Johnson names the yard which has won a deal to build Royal Navy frigates. The Prime Minister will unveil the successful bidder to construct five Type 31 warships to help replace the ageing Type 23 Duke-class vessels. Work will start before the end of this year and the […]
(Reuters) – Leading Democratic White House contenders Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren will share the stage for the first time on Thursday when the top 10 candidates for the party’s presidential nomination meet in a debate in Houston. Twenty Democrats continue to vie for their party’s nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s short list for the post of national security adviser is made up of reliable conservatives with solid ties to key Trump administration stalwarts, including, according to several sources, the vice president’s foreign policy chief. Mike Pence’s national security adviser, retired General Keith Kellogg, is part of a group that […]
As the federal election campaign officially begins, New Brunswick political leaders are lining up behind their federal counterparts, trying to get the issues that they feel are important on the agenda. But according to JP Lewis, associate professor of politics at the University of New Brunswick, the figure at the helm of the party may […]