by Christopher Nye | Oct 4, 2018
An apparent impasse was swept aside yesterday, when Italy’s Economy Minister Giovanni Tria confirmed that the Italian government plans to cut the budget deficit in 2020 and 2021 after letting it increase in 2019. The compromise has likely come about through pressure...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 4, 2018
The Prime Minister spoke at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday and asked MPs to get behind her, saying that splits in the party could halt Brexit. It seems there will be some pennies left for councils, as May announced that she is removing the cap restricting...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 4, 2018
Theresa May walked onto the stage yesterday to the tune of ABBA’s Dancing Queen in a self-deprecating reference to her recent trip to Africa. Last year, she spoke against a backdrop that crumbled behind her, but this time around, it was arguably worse – 30 minutes...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 3, 2018
Following his return from running through what looked like fields of wheat, Boris Johnson launched an attack on Theresa May’s Brexit plan. Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference, Johnson said that the Chequers plan was ‘dangerous and unstable’...
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by Christopher Nye | Oct 3, 2018
Amidst the furore of the Conservative Party Conference and Boris Johnson’s attack on Theresa May, there was the small matter of the UK construction PMI for September. Economists had predicted a fall to 52.5 from 52.9 the previous month, but the actual reading was...
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