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Gary Gibbon
Philip Hammond is addressing business people tonight. A friend said he rather expected the cheers and gasps would happen in the very opposite places where they had in the conference hall for his speech today. For a lifelong Conservative, that’s a slightly alarming state of affairs.
Apple and Ireland say they will contest an EU tax ruling that has landed the American tech giant with a 13 billion euro bill.
Gary Gibbon
It is a massive blow to the political establishment, its biggest reverse in living memory. Immigration was the spur for many voters but this decision has consequences way beyond that issue.
The Labour leader is backing the Remain campaign after opposing EU treaties, institutions and policies for decades.
Helia Ebrahimi
Business Secretary Sajid Javid remains locked in talks with Tata’s Port Talbot executives and unions as more potential buyers line up.
New figures show the scale of the migration surge facing the European Union, with asylum seeker numbers reaching a record high.
Make mine a Double Irish… multinationals like Google have been accused of aggressive tax planning. Has Britain’s HMRC really put a stop to it?
Moscow suspending passenger flights to Egypt after the Sinai air crash, just a day after suggesting Britain had acted prematurely by grounding jets.
France has launched airstrikes against the jihadi group in Syria for the first time and calls for a “global solution” to the Syrian crisis.
Scotland Yard are hunting for a mother and her four children who are believed to be travelling to Syria.
David Cameron says only the US has hit the Islamic State group with more air strikes than Britain. Is the UK really doing enough in Iraq?
Labour’s rent reforms: left-wing madness or the only answer to soaring rents? Neither, really…
UK citizens have been travelling to Syria and Iraq since the start of the uprisings against Assad. Since 2013 online recruitment has convinced thousands of western Europeans to make the journey.
Jon Snow
So far, so predictable. One week of the formal election campaign underway and one key political football emerges, as so often before, the NHS.
Immigration is rarely out of the headlines. With Ukip making it a key election issue, David Cameron has had to sit up and take notice. Here are the facts.