Serious questions for Messrs Clegg and Cable
I do have serious questions about one massive U-turn from Messrs Clegg and Cable – their adoption of the Conservative plan for £6bn of in-year cuts, writes economics editor Faisal Islam.
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I do have serious questions about one massive U-turn from Messrs Clegg and Cable – their adoption of the Conservative plan for £6bn of in-year cuts, writes economics editor Faisal Islam.
The Lib Dems’ Vince Cable wins the chancellors debate – but then nobody initiated a gang-up on him, blogs Gary Gibbon.
UPDATED: Now with video. Vince Cable referred to Lord Ashcroft as a “non-dom” in (deputy) Prime Minister’s Question Time, but he did it in a kind of aside. He didn’t wave around documentary evidence of the allegation. Harriet Harman didn’t quite get it right when describing the requirements that the Lords Appointments Commission put on…
We spoke to Giles Wilkes, a former economic adviser to Theresa May and Vince Cable; and Kitty Ussher, chief economist at the Institute of Directors.
Just two Liberal Democrats are in the race to succeed Sir Vince Cable as leader of their party.
Sir Vince Cable says he will “certainly not” shop at JD Sports following allegations about working conditions at Britain’s biggest sports retailer.
Nick Clegg resigns as party leader as senior Lib Dem figures including Vince Cable, Danny Alexander, Ed Davey and Charles Kennedy also lose seats.
As HSBC issues an apology over tax allegations, Business Secretary Vince Cable says HM Revenue and Customs “could be doing a great deal more” to address such issues.
Ministers Vince Cable and Claire Perry are taken for a ride in an automated vehicle in a trial in Greenwich, south London. The other test areas are Bristol, Coventry and Milton Keynes.
In their first appearance since Vince Cable was forced to deny he was plotting to get rid of Nick Clegg, the pair appear in public a la Nigel Farage, as reporters peer in from outside.
Never before do I recall a minister publicly attacking another in such stark, vituperative terms as in today’s spat between Vince Cable and James Brokenshire over immigration.
The government’s pledge to cut net migration to the “tens of thousands” by the next election is impractical and almost certain to be broken, Business Secretary Vince Cable says.
Nick Clegg pledges to block any fresh attempts to curb immigration from the European Union, insisting “this is where we draw the line”, as Vince Cable says the Tories are ‘in a panic’ on the subject.
A lot of people were surprised at David Cameron’s decision to bring forward the Help to Buy 2 scheme, least of all his Business Secretary Vince Cable. But will the results of this decision be more alarming?
Business Secretary Vince Cable announces the privatisation of the Royal Mail, with employees handed millions of pounds in free shares.