Ed Milliband calls for banking chief to be stripped of bonus
Labour party leader Ed Milliband said RBS chief executive Stephen Hester should not receive his bonus while a record high of 1.04m young people are now unemployed. Various figures have been reported on...
View ArticleBusinesses call to scrap 50p tax
In a letter to the Telegraph newspaper, more than 500 business leaders have called for the government to get rid of the 50p tax rate. The letter by the 537 self-described ‘wealth creators’ urges...
View ArticleMPs debate living standards
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rachel Reeves, moved an Opposition day debate in the House of Commons on Monday 5 March on living standards. Click here
View ArticleReeves says Osborne seems to have finally admitted ‘catastrophic mistake’ in...
Rachel Reeves, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has said George Osborne’s planned increase in capital spending is an admission that abolishing the Building Schools for the Future...
View ArticleContractor appointed for £400m Leeds development
National developer, Commercial Estates Group (CEG) has announced the appointment of contractor I & H Brown to deliver the £400 million Kirkstall Forge and Apperley Road development in Leeds, with...
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