Campaign manager for TaxPayers’ Alliance, Duncan Simpson, spoke to Express.co.uk about the impact of Labour’s manifesto plans on the taxpayer. During the Labour Party’s conference in Brighton, delegates endorsed a radical plan to abolish private schools and redistribute their assets to the state sector. The decision sparked outrage with experts …
Read More »General election: Can Wales’ councils handle a December poll?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bad weather might just be the start of the problem for councils organising a winter election It may be the “most wonderful time” of the year – but not necessarily for staging an election. Wales’ councils are facing up to the first December general …
Read More »Hartlepool United launches Remembrance shirt for 2019 – paying special tribute to Royal Navy heroes
The Pools Remembrance shirts Hartlepool United launches Remembrance shirt for 2019 – paying special tribute to Royal Navy heroes The team will wear the shirt, which this year will focuses on thanking the brave members of the Royal Navy who gave their lives on behalf of their country, when they …
Read More »STEPHEN GLOVER: How cynical of MPs to claim sisterly solidarity with Meghan Markle
What’s this? On Tuesday, a group of 72 female MPs, the great majority of them Labour, issued an open letter of solidarity with a leading member of the Royal Family. In normal circumstances, no one would be more delighted than me, since the signatories include hard-Left Labour frontbenchers such as …
Read More »CWU hits back at Royal Mail request to delay strikes
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has responded strongly to Royal Mail’s offer to enter into discussions without preconditions if the union provides a binding commitment to remove the threat of strike action over the Christmas period. Royal Mail wants to remove the threat of strike action over the Christmas period …
Read More »HAT Projects completes Science Museum supporters centre | Building
Linked to London’s Science Museum via front-of-house and back-of-house routes, HAT Projects’ Smith Centre for supporters will be used as an event space for events, lectures and dinners. The £2.5 million centre has been created from a former Royal Mail sorting office and yard behind the main concourse of the …
Read More »GP: Online healthcare risks destabilising pharmacies and surgeries
Last week I saw a patient who couldn’t get her hormone replacement therapy (HRT) due to it being in shortage. I strolled across the waiting room to our pharmacy and was rapidly back to tell the patient that I had sorted out ordering an alternative brand. Had that patient used …
Read More »Rhea Horlock, NHS Property Services
This series profiles the members of edie’s 30 Under 30 – a nomination-based community of 30 hugely talented young sustainability and energy professionals who have already achieved great things or are showing fantastic promise. Next up: Rhea Horlock, CSR manager at NHS Property services. …
Read More »Royal Mail (LON:RMG) Stock Rating Lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Royal Mail (LON:RMG) was downgraded by equities researchers at JPMorgan Chase & Co. to an “underweight” rating in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, ThisIsMoney.Co.Uk reports. They currently have a GBX 192 ($2.51) target price on the stock, down from their previous target price of GBX 252 ($3.29). JPMorgan …
Read More »Democracy In The Dark: Does a Winter Election Improve Boris Johnson’s Chances of Winning?
World 15:56 30.10.2019Get short URL Parliament has finally agreed to hold a general election after Labour finally accepted a no deal Brexit had been taken off the table. It will be the first December election since 1923. MPs voted by 438 votes to 20 on Tuesday, 29 October, to hold …
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