Posts Tagged ‘general election’

While Boris Johnson’s record for winning votes in Parliament is rather poor (one out of seven) he did, at least, get a majority of thirty for getting his deal through, even if it wasn’t within the timeframe he wanted. In the end, he missed his deadline and was forced down an alternative path.

Sterling is dominating the economic picture for this year. However, the weak pound means economists fear households will suffer from rising inflation, damaging their growth forecasts. Political concerns is currently… read more →

Thursday 8th May marked the snap election called by Theresa May on the 19th April 2017. The exit poll released at 10pm showed that the Conservative Party had lost its… read more →

Conservatives win majority, pound strengthens Markets are up almost 2% on the back of the Conservatives winning the election. Traders have also bet over night on the strengthening of the… read more →

What do the Q1 results mean for UK business? With just over a week to go before the general election, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the UK Q1… read more →

Following the release of inflation data, which showed that consumer price inflation (CPI) had reached the record low level of 0% in March, the pound moved weaker against both the… read more →