U.K. Banks Jump as Camerons Conservatives Win Surprise Majority
The U.K.s largest lenders rallied, led by Lloyds Banking Group Plc, after Britains Conservatives pulled off a surprise election victory, with David Cameron set to return as prime minister. Lloyds jumped as much as 8.4 percent, the biggest intraday.
UK General Election results live blog coverage - Business.
Huge victory for Cameron: BBC/Sky/ITV exit poll says Conservatives win 316 seats, Labour 239, SNP 58, Lib-Dems 10, UKIP 2, and ��� astonishingly ��� the Green Party is expected to get 2 wins. Cameron. This result was so surprising ��� and so strange, given the Lib Dem/SNP/UKIP angles ��� that it will be studied for years and likely represents an historic realignment of British politics.. ���1992 was the year Sunderland became a city,��� Crawford tells BuzzFeed News.
Boris Johnson returns to Parliament: A show pony to replace a workhorse?
David Cameron announces he will form a new government after visiting the Queen at Buckingham Palace following his resounding victory that delivered the Conservatives an outright majority for the first time since 1992. He promised voters we are on the .
Election 2015 live: Tory minister heckled over detention of.
Theres less than three days to go until the general election, and were still no closer to having a clearer picture of what the results will be. Parties are slinging.. British public most likely to think that Ed Miliband wants to be Luke Skywalker while David Cameron would go for Darth Vader. Read more.. Nicola Sturgeons Dumfries (see 18:48) speech is currently being aired on BBC news. Nicola Sturgeon.. But he has not fully met this pledge, she says. ��� Aisha S��.
Tory win in UK election brings increased risk of EU exit
The results of exit polls are projected on to the side of Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, after voting closed in Britains general election, in central London, May 8, 2015. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh. David��.
UK bonds poised to rise as Tory gains defy deadlock forecasts
LONDON: U.K. government bonds may open higher after results of the general election defied predictions of prolonged political deadlock, putting Conservative Party leader David Cameron on course to remain prime minister. While surveys before the vote .
Election 2015 results LIVE: Conservatives on course for victory as SNP.
Election 2015 results LIVE: Conservatives on course for victory as SNP annihilates Labour. The former first minister of Scotland pledged to ensure Westminster hears the roar of the Scottish lion as he celebrated an 8,000 majority to whoops and.
Limey Liars and the Country That Doesnt Love Them
Great Britain is having a confusing parliamentary election. BBC World Service radio thought one way to. The result was what the British call a ���two and one-eighth party system������Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrats (for people who cant make.
Scottish Nationalists redraw UKs political map
The semi-circular swingometer graphic has become an integral feature of television coverage of UK general elections, measuring the sometimes-infinitesimal shifts in party allegiance on which governments can rise and fall. Late on. The SNP had.
Election 2015: What will a Conservative majority mean for climate and energy?
With fewer than 10 of 650 seats yet to declare their election results, the Conservatives have 325 seats and are expected to secure a majority in the House of Commons, returning David Cameron to Downing Street. The outcome defies expectations of a.
Election 2015 live: Milibands pledges stone marks Sheffield.
Is this Labours ���Sheffield rally moment���, as George Osborne suggests? (See 12.45pm.) Almost certainly not. (The psephologists argue that even the Sheffield rally wasnt really a Sheffield rally moment.) David Cameron��.
Futures Rise Following Dramatic UK Election Result, All.
David Cameron set to return as U.K. prime minister as Conservatives win unexpected majority. SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scotland. Sterling rises most since 2009, FTSE 10 gains most since Jan. German 10-yr bond yields��.
#GE2015 result: David Camerons Conservative Party wins.
Election, UK. David Camerons Conservative Party has won an overall majority in the UK General Election. Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has resigned after a crushing defeat, with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and UKIPs Nigel Farage. He also pledged to re-balance Britains economy, building a ���northern powerhouse��� in the process... yeah. russia is doing such a great job fighting ISIS. there are actually more russians fighting WITH isis than fighting AGAINST it :).
Election 2015: Miliband issues warning about healthcare.
Ed Miliband and Boris Johnson will be on the Andrew Marr show on BBC One tomorrow from 9am. David Cameron will be interviewed by Dermot Murnaghan on Sky News, and he is also due to speak at a rally in Somerset.
Anti-EU leader Farage defeated in UK election
Despite Ukips failure to secure more than one seat, the UK is nonetheless set to hold a referendum on EU membership after Prime Minister David Cameron made it a key election pledge. Farage lost the seat to Mackinlay, a former deputy leader of Ukip, .
Party leaders reveal their post-election holiday plans
Happily, despite intense security arrangements, Telegraph Travel has gained access to a secret cache of letters ��� written prior to the election ��� which sees the leaders of Britains main political parties attempt to explain, and indeed, justify, their.
Miliband, Farage and Clegg have all quit ��� and David.
DAVID CAMERON IS back at Number 10 Downing Street this afternoon, after a surprise victory in the UK general election.. Palace and an audience with the Queen, Cameron said in a speech back at Downing Street, that he would draw on the countrys ���unrivalled skills and creativeness��� to ���build an even prouder future��� and an even greater Britain.. Source: Channel 4 News/Twitter. Liberalism has lost,��� the former Deputy Prime Minisiter said of the election result.
Election 2015: Manchester business reacts to shock Tory triumph
While the futures of Labours Ed Miliband and the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg become increasingly uncertain, Prime Minister David Cameron is well on course to gain the 326 his party needs for a majority win. With that in mind we examine what the new.
Prime Minister! David Cameron pledges a greater Britain.
David Cameron pledges a greater Britain ��� BBC News. by chrisishere ��� May 8, 2015 ��� 0 Comments. David Cameron surges to unexpected majority in Parliament. UK election results: David Cameron pledges a greater Britain ��� BBC News.
Tories promise rise every year if they win the General Election
BRITAINS basic state pension will rise by at least ��1000 over the next five years if the Tories win the general election, David Cameron will say today. [Saturday]
Election 2015 markets live: sterling storms but Brexit prospect looms over.
Carlos Suarez Duarte says: The Conservatives have pledged to increase competition and help new entrants join the market and to use the British Business Bank to boost investment and lending to small and medium-sized enterprises.. As Thanet South.
UK ��� Staffing Industry reacts to General Election result
With Prime Minister David Cameron cancelling the removal vans following a more straight-forward-than-expected election result, the staffing industry has reacted to the news that the UK is set for five more years of Conservative rule.. ���We also.
Election 2015 ��� live: Ashcroft poll shows Clegg to lose seat.
The Sun branded Labour the ���Monster Raving Labour party���, the Daily Mail said ���Pathetic��� Miliband had been savaged for the ���stunt���, and David Cameron said he has no time to hang out with the ���joke��� Russell Brand. But the general. Tomorrow is the first day of the final week of the general election campaign, and the three main party leaders will appear on a special episode of BBC question time to mark the occasion... Miliband: Im not making a pledge now.
I won? I mean ��� I won! David Camerons shock victory and other reasons to.
Canadas pollsters had one day to wipe their brows and sigh with relief that they actually called the Alberta election correctly, when they had to start sending sympathy cards to Britain, where their colleagues got the British election spectacularly.
Election 2015 live: Labour will stand up to corporate power.
David Cameron responds to disappointing GDP figures, while Labour sets out its 10-point immigration plan.. Cameron started the day on the backfoot as official figures revealed Britains economic recovery slowed more than expected in the first quarter, forcing the prime minister to some how spin bad news for the Tories into a reason to vote for the Tories. He said.. My colleague Dominic Smith has written this great piece on the Labour-Ukip contest in Hartlepool.
Election 2015 live: Cameron rules out further Tory cuts to.
Follow all the latest news, views and analysis from the campaign trail with our political team.. David Cameron was interviewed by Newsnight presenter Evan Davis for the BBCs Leaders Interviews series, in which the prime minister once again fought back against the perception the Conservatives were the ���party for the.. Brilliant front page for this weeks New Statesman, mashing up UK politics with the Great British Bake Off. And theres that bacon sandwich again.
Election 2015 live: HSBC threat to leave UK shows danger.
HSBC announced that it is considering moving its HQ out of the UK, partly because it is worried about the possibility of Britain leaving the EU. David Cameron shrugged off the remarks, stating that London is the worlds leading��.
General Election: WPP, Havas, VCCP, MediaCom, SMG, Publicis and more.
At the time of writing, with 643 of the 650 seats declared, the Tories had secured 326 seats in Westminster to return David Cameron to Number 10. Both Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband have resigned, while Ukip leader Nigel Farage .
UK election results: David Cameron pledges a greater Britain
David Cameron has promised to lead a government for one nation and make Great Britain greater as he returned to Downing Street as prime minister. Speaking outside No 10 after visiting Buckingham Palace, he said the UK was on the brink of something .
Camerons chance to make history
Indeed, David Cameron might well have been relegated to a footnote in history had Gordon Brown had the courage to call a general election in the summer of 2007. Now, Cameron has won a. He now has the opportunity to make his mark as one of the great.
Election 2015: Sturgeon says Tories bullied Miliband into.
. the wind from his blue sails. Ed Miliband moved to shore up the vote from significant chunks of the electorate with serious pledges on housing including a stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers on homes worth up to ��300,000.. worth up to ��300,000. David Cameron says he feels ���bloody lively��� about the general election as he embarked on a second day of campaigning from the heart in which he is attempting to win over wavering voters by showing some passion.
Election 2015 live: Miliband reveals first coalition red line to.
The Scottish National party leader told a rally in Dumfries on Monday that it would be wrong for it to be made up solely of English MPs, hinting that she expects David Camerons Tories to win the most seats in Thursdays election.. US comedian Jon Stewart gave a brief but typically sardonic take on the UK election for Channel 4 News, in which he predicted England will ���secede itself��� and praised Cameron and Miliband for ���lowering expectations���, further underlining��.