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Of the 28 nationwide opinion polls carried out since Parliament voted for an election, all agree that the Conservatives are ahead – yet they vary hugely on by how much. One, for example, has suggested the lead is 17 percentage points, while another puts it at just six. How are you supposed to make sense of that? Well, perhaps the single most important thing to remember with opinion polling is that results are not as precise as they are sometimes presented. All 28 polls carried out since a Christmas general election was called have put the Conservatives ahead of Labour Even a poll run by a reputable company that has agonised for hours over its question wording and targeted a representative sample of the population has the potential for error of plus or minus three percentage points on any single finding. This gap can increase when determining the lead of one party over another, which relies on using two varying values. So, as someone who spends almost all of his time analysing … [Read more...] about Why Prime Minister Boris Johnson really IS on an upward trend: Philip Cowley analyses the election polls so far

When Boris Johnson walks through the black door of 10 Downing Street today he will almost certainly do it alone. His girlfriend Carrie Symonds is likely to decide to give the historic moment a miss. Friends say the 31-year-old wants to avoid diverting attention from his first speech as Prime Minister – as well as the limelight that has dogged their relationship. Ms Symonds is thought to be planning to move into Downing Street next weekend – once the initial attention has subsided. One said: “Symonds does not want to become a distraction on the most important day of his life.” Their apparently volatile relationship could be an emotional drain for Mr Johnson as he tries to negotiate Britain’s exit from the EU and navigate a divided Parliament. Some of his top advisers are understood to be concerned that Ms Symonds will impose her political will on him behind the scenes, sidestepping his political staff and civil servants. They have ruled out her … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson’s girlfriend Carrie will wait until time is right to slip into No10

When I first came out as a Brexiteer, the abuse I received was unforgettable. It wasn’t that it was uncommon to support Leave up in Ashfield. Most of the men who worked with me mining coal from the Nottinghamshire pits in the 80s and 90s were Brexit-supporting Labour voters. What singled me out, however, was that I was also a Labour councillor, as well as a member of staff in Labour MP Gloria De Piero’s office. In my naivety, I saw nothing unusual or contradictory about working for her and wanting to leave the EU. And so when groups of men, most of them belonging to the hard-Left Momentum group, pulled up outside my house and hurled unprintable abuse at me and my family, I was taken by complete surprise. Conservative candidate for Ashfield Lee Anderson, pictured with Boris Johnson, quit the Labour party after he received abuse from his peers for voting for Brexit What followed was a vicious campaign of intimidation – one so vile that it not only forced me to quit the … [Read more...] about How the far-Left’s vile hate drove me – a Nottingham miner – from working for a Labour MP to standing as a Tory in the election

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said: ‘This is just one of the ways a Corbyn government would hammer hard-working people.’ Labour’s plans to raid company shares will hit people’s pensions and force them to work longer, the Conservatives claimed last night. The Tories said the 10.4million who pay into pension schemes are set to lose an average of around £11,167 from their pension pots because the value of their investments would fall. This would force them to delay their retirement by almost three-and-a-half years if they want to enjoy the same quality of retirement. The Tories based their claim on the effect of two Labour policies: a financial transactions tax on shares, foreign exchange and commodities; and plans to force firms with more than 250 employees to place 10 per cent of their shares in an ‘inclusive ownership fund’. Most of the dividends would go to the Government, with some going to workers.  The Tories said the … [Read more...] about Labour’s planned raid on company shares would hit pensions and force people to work longer, Tories claim

The NHS will spend tens of millions of pounds picking up doctors’ pensions bills to help avert a staffing catastrophe this winter. Ministers will implement plans today to enable doctors to take on overtime without being clobbered by punitive taxes. At present, consultants, GPs and surgeons are being stung by a 2016 Treasury rule change under which anyone earning more than £110,000 a year faces large tax bills if they put more than £10,000 into their pension pot annually. The Conservative government has told the NHS to pick up the pension tax bill for doctors earning more than £110,000 - in order to encourage them to do extra shifts this winter (stock) Doctors have complained of being hit by sudden, unexpected extra taxes after doing extra shifts and thousands have already slashed their hours to try to reduce their tax bills. Health analysts had warned that this, combined with a severe flu outbreak, would be disastrous for the NHS – and for the Tories in the … [Read more...] about NHS bosses are to spend tens of millions of pounds paying doctors’ pension tax bills over fears of staffing crisis