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Sunday newspaper round-up: December election, Brexit
Boris Johnson today pledges in the Tory manifesto that his government will not raise the rates of income tax, national insurance or VAT, setting up a dramatic economic showdown with Labour over tax and spending.
Sunday newspaper round-up: General election, BT, Nationwide, TSB, Rathlin Energy, Saudi Aramco
Labour’s policies including a pledge to nationalise the bulk of Britain’s broadband network threaten to “crack the foundations of our economy”, according to the head of the Confederation of British Industry. Dame Carloyn Fairburn said the plan to nationalise BT had left industries wondering if they would be the next to be targeted. Asked by Sky if Jeremy Corbyn was a “friend to business” she said that the CBI “really understand the questions that Labour are asking.
Sunday newspaper round-up: General election, British Steel, Clintons, Saudi Aramco, HSBC
Sajid Javid, the chancellor, has defended Conservative claims that Labour would embark on a spending spree of up to £1. 2 trillion as both parties battle to be seen as credible on the economy. Labour has furiously accused the Conservatives of crafting a work of “fiction” with the calculations. - The Sunday Times.
Sunday newspaper round-up: General election, Brexit, Arcadia Group, Saudi Aramco, Kier, Sports Direct
Boris Johnson faces a double threat to his Downing Street hopes today — a new poll shows Labour has enjoyed a bounce in support since the election campaign began, and remain parties have finalised an electoral pact to thwart him. A YouGov survey for The Sunday Times found that Labour had gained six points between Wednesday and Friday. Jeremy Corbyn’s party is now on 27%, 12 points behind the Tories, while the Liberal Democrats have slipped three points to just 16%.