Yahoo Newsgeneral election 2019
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Boris Johnson mistakenly calls Gordon Brown the 'current Labour leader'
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Boris Johnson: Next PM will give families extra cash for energy bills
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PoliticsHuffPost UKBoris Johnson Urged To Reject Tommy Robinson Endorsement
English Defence League founder Stephen Yaxley-Lennon said "everyone should vote for Boris Johnson".
PoliticsThe GuardianBoris announces spending plan for neglected towns
Prime minister says new measures will focus on rail links and pub closures. Boris Johnson has announced another election package costing hundreds of millions of pounds for neglected towns, some of which will be spent in marginal constituencies. Concentrating on rundown high streets, the closures of pubs and post offices and the restoration of rail links, the prime minister has claimed that the measures will build upon the £3.6bn towns fund first announced in July. Towns that have been singled out in the new measures include Cleveleys, near Blackpool, where the Conservatives are defending a majority of 2,023, and Willenhall in Walsall North, where they hope to improve on a 2,601 majority. Labour said last night the Conservatives were responsible for the destruction of the high streets they are now claiming they will help. Andrew Gwynne, the shadow communities secretary, said: “The Tories are destroying our high streets and towns. A decade of vicious cuts to the services that people in our communities rely on has taken 60p in every £1 from council budgets.” Johnson said a future Conservative government would extend the retail discount on business rates to 50% next year. For businesses with a rateable value of less than £51,000, this will mean an increase on the current retail discount of 33% in 2020-21. This would amount to “an effective £280m tax cut” for small businesses, the party claimed. A new £1,000 business rates relief for pubs would also be introduced under a Johnson majority government – an £18m tax cut for next year, it is claimed. The Conservatives said they would also introduce a £150m fund that will help groups trying to take over and run pubs and post offices threatened with closure. Following on from previous pledges to reverse rail cuts recommended by Dr Richard Beeching in the 1960s, Johnson has also pledged to set up a £500m Beeching Reversal fund. Towns such as Ashington, Seaton Delaval and Blyth, with a combined population of 100,000, will receive cash following a request from Northumberland council for £99m to reinstate stations, the Tories claimed. Willenhall and Darlaston in the West Midlands will receive £18m to reopen stations – a further £10m has already been provided by the government, the party said. Investment will also be provided to connect Skelmersdale to Liverpool and Manchester. A disused railway line will be funded to improve transport connections for Thornton-Cleveleys and Fleetwood. In a statement last night, Johnson said: “For too long, too many towns and villages across Britain have been overlooked and left behind. When the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, many communities felt their voices had been heard for the first time in decades and that their lives would improve. “We will invest in these communities and help people put the heart back into the places they call home.” One organisation representing retailers said Johnson’s plans did not go far enough to revive the UK’s troubled shopping districts. Tom Ironside, director of business and regulation at the British Retail Consortium, said the majority of the UK’s 3 million retail workers were employed in businesses that would not benefit from today’s announcement. “It is essential that the next government scraps ‘downwards transition’, which costs retailers £1.3bn, freezes next year’s rates increase, and introduces an improvement relief to encourage investment in our high streets. “To ensure the long-term vitality of our town and city centres, the next government should follow the recommendations of the treasury select committee and commit to wholesale reform of our broken business rates system,” he said. The Conservatives have been accused of using public money to boost their election prospects after it emerged that funding from the towns fund was going to wealthier Tory marginals. An analysis by the Times found this week that a third of the 100 towns due to receive some of the £3.6bn pot were not among the 300 most deprived towns. These included Loughborough, which was won by Nicky Morgan, the culture secretary, at the last election, with a majority of around 4,000. Kirby was not on the list.
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NewsThe IndependentBoris Johnson used rude words when I told him to quit, says Scottish Tory leader
Douglas Ross recalled the moment he urged the Prime Minister to resign over the partygate affair.
NewsThe GuardianBoris Johnson says UK energy-bill support package is not enough
PM fuels Tory leadership dispute by saying UK will need to find more cash to help with surging bills
NewsThe GuardianU-turns, dodging scrutiny: does Liz Truss share Boris Johnson’s bad habits?
Analysis: Truss has shown a Johnson-like tendency to rush into new policies and be vague or inaccurate with facts
NewsThe GuardianBoris Johnson fails to deny he is refusing to take Rishi Sunak’s calls
PM’s response comes after would-be successor says ‘perhaps not surprisingly’ Johnson has not replied to him
NewsThe IndependentBoris Johnson says UK in ‘very strong position’ amid energy crisis
Boris Johnson has said that the UK in the long-term is in a “very very strong position” to deal with the crisis surrounding the cost of energy. The prime minister said he is “proud” of the long-term decisions made.
NewsSky NewsBoris Johnson admits cost of living support is not enough - but announces no new measures to ease burden of rising bills
Boris Johnson has admitted that the cost of living support the government is providing is not enough - but he refused to announce any immediate measures to combat spiralling household bills. Mr Johnson doubled down on his remarks that it will be up to his successor - either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak - to implement further energy policy, but stressed that "there is more money coming". Asked if he believed the government's package of support was enough, the prime minister told broadcasters: "No, because what I'm saying what we're doing in addition is trying to make sure that by October, by January, there is further support and what the government will be doing, whoever is the prime minister, is making sure there is extra cash to help people."
NewsThe Independent‘What?’: Boris Johnson dodges question about answering Rishi Sunak’s calls
Boris Johnson appeared to dodge a question about “answering Rishi Sunak’s calls” during an interview on Friday (12 August). The outgoing prime minister claimed the query “does not change the price of fish” - suggesting it was irrelevant as he spoke on the UK’s energy crisis. Mr Sunak claimed last night that Mr Johnson has not returned his calls since he resigned from government.
NewsThe IndependentTory MPs told to keep quiet on Partygate inquiry as Boris Johnson ‘calls in lawyers’
Chief whip tries to draw line under row over probe dubbed ‘witch hunt’ by Nadine Dorries
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The Tory leadership frontrunner is a workaholic who drops positions that no longer serve her, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
NewsThe IndependentRishi Sunak reveals Boris Johnson has been ignoring his calls
Rishi Sunak spoke about his relationship with Boris Johnson on Thursday night.
NewsThe IndependentBoris Johnson urges energy firms to ease cost of living crisis – but offers no new support after talks
‘They agreed to work with us to do more to help the people who most need it,’ Nadhim Zahawi says
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Vital statistics on power-generation firms suspected of having cashed in on high energy prices
NewsEvening StandardBoris Johnson’s property portfolio: where will Boris and Carrie live after Downing Street?
The Johnsons will have to decide where to move to when they leave Number 10
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Tory frontrunner also urged to keep sleaze investigation into outgoing PM open
NewsThe GuardianBoris Johnson warns energy firms soaring bills will damage sector
PM attends round table with power firms but no new measures agreed to ease pressure on households
NewsHuffPost UKAnalysis: Boris Johnson's Government Has Given Up On The Cost Of Living Crisis
The prime minister surprised many by doing his job and turning up at a summit of energy bosses - but achieved nothing.
NewsEvening StandardSupreme Court refuses to hear Jeremy Corbyn appeal in libel case
Commentator Richard Millett is suing Mr Corbyn over remarks he made during an interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show in 2018.
NewsEvening StandardRachel Riley wins latest libel court battle with ex-Jeremy Corbyn aide
TV presenter Rachel Riley has won the latest legal battle against a former aide to Jeremy Corbyn who libelled her in spat on Twitter. Laura Murray was ordered to pay £10,000 in damages to the Countdown host in December last year, after sending an accusatory Tweet which called Riley “dangerous” and “stupid”. The row started when Corbyn, as Labour leader, was hit with an egg during a visit to a mosque in March 2019.
NewsSky NewsNo new measures to help with cost of living after crisis talks between Boris Johnson and energy bosses
Boris Johnson has doubled down on his insistence that it is for his successor to "make significant fiscal decisions" after talks with energy bosses ended with no new measures to ease the cost of living crisis. But Labour accused the government of showing a lack of urgency and of being "missing in action".
NewsThe IndependentEnergy bill price cap rise should not go ahead, says Nicola Sturgeon
The First Minister said the UK Government was ‘missing in action’ on energy bills.
NewsThe IndependentRishi Sunak ‘dug heels in’ to resist changes to Brexit red tape, Liz Truss allies claim in fresh attack
Kwasi Kwarteng and Simon Clarke accuse former chancellor of pushing ‘Labour-lite economic policy’
NewsThe GuardianRyanair boss blames Brexit for airport chaos and says era of €10 airfares over
Michael O’Leary warns of rising cost of fuel and says policymakers need to get inflation back to about 2%
