Election 2024: Jeremy Hunt clings on amid bloodbath of Tory big beasts July 5, 2024 Jeremy Hunt has clung on to his Surrey seat as scores of former cabinet colleagues were ousted in a bloodbath of Tory big beasts around the country.
Election 2024: Catching up? Here’s five things you need to know July 5, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour has romped to a landslide victory in the general election and will oust the Tories from power after 14 years.
Election 2024: Farage wins in Clacton as Reform UK snaps up votes from Labour and Tories July 5, 2024 Nigel Farage has shaken the political landscape of the UK this evening after winning a seat in parliament at the eighth time of trying - but his party Reform UK looks set to potentially undershoot initial predictions of 13 seats in the commons.
Election 2024: Conservatives’ Blue Wall set to crumble under Lib Dem onslaught July 5, 2024 The Liberal Democrats look set to win swathes of the so-called Blue Wall and ‘stockbroker belt’ from the Conservative party as the Tory vote collapses in its traditional heartlands.
Election 2024: What are Tories, Labour and Lib Dems pledging on sport? July 3, 2024 With the General Election just a matter of days away, we assess the approach that the major parties have taken when it comes to sport in their respective manifestos and what the potential consequences may be for the future of sport. Football Governance Bill The Football Governance Bill was one of the major legislative casualties [...]
Worst (political) jargon of the week: Landslide! July 3, 2024 Should we be worried? Undoubtedly. Warning signs of a landslide can include “new cracks or unusual bulges in the ground or pavements”.
Vanguard chief economist: UK economy primed for success regardless of election winner June 24, 2024 The UK is primed to surge to success into next year regardless of who wins the election, Vanguard's top economist has said.
Cries of a ‘supermajority’ won’t have voters flocking to the Tories June 19, 2024 Voters are not stupid, and rarely appreciate being treated as such. Nor do they like being blamed for something that isn’t their fault. As such, the Conservative party’s vocal warnings about the perils of a Labour ‘supermajority’ do not necessarily strike us as a compelling political narrative. That is not to say that opposition isn’t [...]
Election 2024: Why the major parties are right to prioritise the small business vote June 13, 2024 With the election manifestos coming in thick and fast, economists and politicos will be drilling down into the detail.
Government champion needed to tackle over-regulation, City lobby group says June 3, 2024 A City lobby group has called on the next government to tackle regulation that drags on international competitiveness of the financial sector.
