Parliamentary motion calls on Barclays’s senior staff to stop fundraising for Romney
The row over Mitt Romney’s links with Barclays has entered a new phase with a Parliamentary Early Day Motion tabled today by a Labour MP.
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Romney’s bankerlove extends as Barclays lobbyist raises $184k for Presidential campaign
Mitt Romney is making no secret of his allegiances with the banking sector. Does he really think this will win him the election?
Poll: Cameron seen as out of touch, out of ideas, weak, indecisive and dislikeable
The latest Sunday Times/YouGov poll shows David Cameron is viewed as dislikeable, indecisive, weak, out of ideas and out of touch.
Fergie: ‘I hope Cameron is a one-term prime minister and City are one-season champions’
So Tony Blair may have the great Sir Alex Ferguson’s support, but does he have yours?
Obscene: Romney to host $75,000 London fundraiser – hosted by a lobbyist for Barclays
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is to host a private fundraising dinner in London on the eve of the Olympics – at a cost of up to $75,000 a head.
Miliband lays in to ‘Millionaires’ PM’ at last PMQs before recess
Ed Miliband sought to paint David Cameron as the millionaire-loving, anti-pensioner PM at the last Prime Minister’s Questions before the summer recess today.
The hall of shame: The 117 Labour and Tory MPs who voted against Lords reform
Last night, 91 Conservative and 26 Labour MPs voted against the second reading of the House of Lords Reform Bill; here is the list in full.
Tory MP: Osborne has “obviously made a mistake” and “he should apologise to Balls”
A Tory MP on the Treasury select committee says George Osborne “obviously made a mistake” in accusing Ed Balls over the Libor scandal and “should apologise”.
Lords reform looks doomed as poll shows most people do not favour mostly elected House
On the same day that 70 Tory MPs pledged to rebel against Lords reform, YouGov today released data showing the public are not supportive of the changes either.
Will the SFO banking investigation succeed under the strain of government budget cuts?
Could the contrast between Libor investigations at home and across the pond highlight injustice caused by budget cuts?