Day: November 22, 2017

    A huge inter-generational divide has been revealed over whether Labour or the Conservatives would be best at running the economy. Despite both parties being neck-and-neck overall, a Sky Data poll found huge splits between young and old. Of 18 to 34-year-olds, 62% want Labour in charge of the nation's finances, versus 28% for the Tories. 's party also scrapes a narrow win among 35 to 54-year-olds, who favour it 41% to the Conservatives' 39%. But among those aged over 55, 56% would prefer Theresa May's party ran the economy, with Labour trailing on 28%. Among all ages, 43% of people say they want a Conservative chancellor, versus 41% for Labour. The revelation comes ahead of Philip Hammond's autumn Budget on Wednesday, which is expected to offer a boon to young people in a b...

    The Budget is set to be a make or break moment for the chancellor Philip Hammond as ties between him and the prime minister Theresa May are at breaking point. Concern was mounting in Downing Street at a lacklustre run-up to the Budget which is titled Building a Britain Fit for the Future, and is considered one of the most important moments of May's premiership. Hammond has been criticised for an interview on the BBC in which he appeared to say there were no unemployed people in the UK. There were also reports of panic in Downing Street, with one Cabinet source describing it as the worst Budget build-up in history and another minister telling the Telegraph: They've cleared the decks for him (Hammond), he can have no excuses. It is his Budget, he will stand or fall by it. Th...