Cable calls for Help to Buy rethink and BoE warns lending could be curbed as...
By Ed Monk | There were signs of official concern over house prices today after the head of the City prudential authority said it could act to constrain mortgage lending and Business Secretary Vince...
View ArticleCoalition at war over migrants: Cable compares PM to Enoch Powell over Tory...
| Vince Cable has savaged David Cameron for demanding tougher controls on immigration, accusing the Prime Minister of behaving like Enoch Powell. In an extraordinary attack, the Lib Dem Business...
View ArticleVince Cable compares David Cameron to Enoch Powell over Tory calls for...
| Vince Cable has savaged David Cameron for demanding tougher controls on immigration, accusing the Prime Minister of behaving like Enoch Powell. In an extraordinary attack, the Lib Dem Business...
View ArticlePETER HITCHENS: You can’t prosecute Nigella
By Peter Hitchens | The police should leave Nigella Lawson alone. It would be ridiculous and stupid to pursue her over her admissions of illegal drug use. I confess that this was not my first response....
View ArticleHousing bubble fear as prices soar by 9 per cent: Figures have grown at their...
By James Salmon | House prices have grown at their fastest pace since the financial crisis, fuelling fears that the Help to Buy scheme is inflating a new property bubble. In the latest sign of...
View ArticleVince Cable: Prime Minister David Cameron will miss target to cut migration
By Jack Doyle, Home Affairs Correspondent | David Cameron will fail to cut net migration to below 100,000 by the next election, Vince Cable has declared. The Lib Dem Business Secretary said the target...
View ArticleMinimum wage rise won’t cut Britain’s benefits bill say employers
By Helen Loveless, Financial Mail On Sunday | Business Secretary: Vince Cable was last week reported to be pushing for the minimum wage for over-21s of £6.31 an hour to be raised by at least 50p Claims...
View ArticleChancellor promises £60m funding boost for aerospace and 3D printing innovation
By This Is Money Reporters | George Osborne will today say £60million of funding is being allocated to develop new aerospace technology at Coventry’s Manufacturing Technology Centre. The Chancellor is...
View ArticleEconomy grows at fastest rate since crash but Vince Cable says it won’t last
By James Chapman | Pessimistic: Business Secretary Vince Cable, who is thought to be angling for a senior role in a potential Lib-Lab coalition, warns the shape of the recovery is not as hoped Britain...
View ArticleI back strike reforms, says Pickles: Minister says there is ‘merit’ in making...
By Tim Shipman | The Communities Secretary said the Tories’ hands were tied until 2015 because of Lib Dem opposition to tougher strike laws The Tories should bring in new laws to make it more difficult...
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