Labour

  • Election 2017: How do the key Tory and Labour financial pledges stack up?

    Election 2017: How do the key Tory and Labour financial pledges stack up?

    With less than a week until the results of the 2017 snap election are revealed, we looked at the Tory and Labour party manifestos to see how their pledges on business, tax and pensions stacked up.

  • PA CONGRESS: Cable on Corbyn, Conservatives and the UK’s economic future

    PA CONGRESS: Cable on Corbyn, Conservatives and the UK’s economic future

    Sir Vince Cable, formerly secretary of state for Business, Innovation and Skills is of the view that the election of Jeremy Corbyn to the head of the Labour Party makes it virtually unelectable and will ultimately push the country to the right as the Conservatives strengthen their grip on power.

  • Opportunity lies in election volatility

    Opportunity lies in election volatility

    Simon Brazier, manager of Investec Asset Managements UK Alpha Fund, picks apart the possible outcomes of the upcoming UK general election.

  • Longterm threats lurk

    Longterm threats lurk

    With the nation now aware of how a Conservative government would spend its money following George Osborne’s Budget announcement on Wednesday, attention turns to May 7 when the UK goes to the polls in what is one of the hardest elections to call in recent memory

  • Gambling on financials is about to pay off

    Gambling on financials is about to pay off

    Investors in the financial sector are seeing their patience being rewarded, says Old Mutual Global Investors’ Richard Buxton.