Tag: Philip Hammond

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has unleashed a war of words on supporters of his own party and hastened the prospect of a deeply damaging Tory split after labelling the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg and...

For eight long years, the Conservative Party have carefully constructed, and meticulously maintained, the myth that cuts to public services are an absolute necessity in order to get Britain's finances back into shape following...

The Conservative government have refused to change the law to make it illegal for political parties to accept donations from corrupt sources such as tax evaders and money launderers. Labour's Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell raised...

In a shocking announcement today, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has estimated an increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of just 0.1%: the lowest for six years - and one which economists are...

Everyone's favourite red-faced, anger-etched journalist, Jonathan Pie's latest mid-newscast rant is a must-see. He goes all in on May, before hitting BoJo and finishing with Philip Hammond - and, as per usual with Pie,...

Following yesterday's bleak Spring statement from the Chancellor Philip Hammond, a leading pro-Tory thinktank has come out with a stark warning - asserting that because the Tories have ruined the economy so badly they...

The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, was recently rebuked by Andrew Marr on his show for the likely £49 billion in interest payments that would be sparked by Labour's proposed increase in borrowing to fund...

Philip Hammond's budget pledge about building 100,000 new houses in Oxfordshire came as something of a surprise to me on budget day. As he dramatically announced: we have agreed an ambitious Housing Deal with Oxfordshire...

Philip Hammond's budget had some strange moments, but perhaps the most bizarre were his comments about public sector pay. In the case of the NHS, Hammond confirmed that nurses and other staff may have to...

Theresa May is failing on her promise to pay a £17m bill to Manchester City Council, nearly six months after the Manchester terror attack. Police, NHS and counselling costs have yet to be reimbursed by Whitehall,...