Our whole relationship with Europe is now at stake
I hate journalistic hype and exaggeration but could the EU’s sudden demand for Britain to pay an extra £1.7bn be a possible turning point in our political history?
Are there really towns that have been swamped by European migrants? Where are the hotspots? Is there pressure on jobs and housing?
David Cameron tells MPs the UK will not pay the extra £1.7bn demanded by the EU, promising to challenge it “in every way possible”.
I hate journalistic hype and exaggeration but could the EU’s sudden demand for Britain to pay an extra £1.7bn be a possible turning point in our political history?
Responding to the EU demand for an extra £1.7bn from the United Kingdom, Prime Minister David Cameron retorts that if people think he is going to pay up, “they’ve got another thing coming”.
Benefit claimants in areas piloting the new universal credit seem to like it. But with its roll-out taking much longer than anticipated, are government hopes for billions of pounds of savings misplaced?
There are rumblings of a big announcement from David Cameron on EU immigration. But he may have little room for manoeuvre.
Michael Gove channels Catherine Tate to deny the Tories are running scared in their latest battle against Ukip.
The Conservatives are splashing tens of thousands on a ‘primary’ in Rochester. Good for democracy, or a wheeze for getting around spending rules?
Welfare Minister Lord Freud apologises after saying some disabled people are “not worth” the minimum wage. Why did he say this and what is the reaction of disabilities charities?
In deciding to use an open primary to select the Tory Rochester by-election candidate, the Conservative leader has helped to set the stakes extraordinarily high.
Deep down, the Tories worry Nigel Farage would sweep up support as he did in the Clegg/Farage debates in the European election.
The problem for Labour and the Conservatives is that a lot of Ukip voters don’t see much difference between their leaders.
Nick Clegg revealed that George Osborne, when he refused to implement a bigger tax threshold leap in the 2012 budget, said: “I don’t want to deliver a Lib Dem budget.”
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