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Vince Cable

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    UK industrial strategy
    Industrial policy must be practical not performative

    New structures and pronouncements mean little unless business takes them seriously — there is no appetite for talking shops

    An employee fits the nose cone to a Trent 700 aircraft engine on the production line at Rolls-Royce factory in Derby, UK
  • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
    Emission standards
    Consigning transport’s diesel dependence to history is a long road

    We need investment in both supply and demand if EVs and hydrogen are to help reduce pollution and fuel emissions

    Self service hydrogen filling station on a background of trucks
  • Saturday, 14 September, 2019
    Brexit
    A resolution to the Brexit impasse may be within sight

    Finally, Boris Johnson appears to be serious about negotiating a deal

    MPs stage a protest in the House of Commons before prorogation of Parliament. Still taken from Parliament TV video. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday September 10, 2019. See PA story COMMONS Prorogation. Photo credit should read: Parliament TV/PA Wire
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
    UK politics
    Chuka Umunna changes parties to Lib Dems

    Ex-Labour frontbencher and leading light of The Independent Group joins Vince Cable

    (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 16, 2019 Change UK MP Chuka Umunna speaks at a rally at Bath Cricket Club in Bath, southwest England, on May 16, 2019 campaigning for the European Parliament election. - Britain's breakaway anti-Brexit party, Change UK, imploded on Tuesday just months after its formation with the resignations of six of its 11 MPs. The departing MPs include leader Heidi Allen and fellow ex-Tory Sarah Wollaston, and former Labour MPs Luciana Berger, Gavin Shuker, Angela Smith and Chuka Umunna. Allen was replaced as leader by fellow ex-Tory Anna Soubry. (Photo by GEOFF CADDICK / AFP)GEOFF CADDICK/AFP/Getty Images
  • Friday, 7 June, 2019
    Liberal Democrats UK
    Swinson and Davey vie to become next Lib Dem leader

    Battle will centre on how UK party can best capitalise on its European electoral triumph

    Liberal Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson (L) and Liberal Democrat politician Ed Davey unveil an election poster slamming opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn for helping the Conservative party deliver Brexit rather than working to Stop Brexit, in central London on May 14, 2019. (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISABEL INFANTES/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Saturday, 1 June, 2019
    Donald Trump
    Vince Cable: There is no justification for the Trump state visit

    The US president will not be the last nasty piece of work to enjoy such pomp, but he is among the most dangerous

    Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) and US President Donald Trump (R) inspect the guard of honour formed of the Coldstream Guards during a welcome ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, on July 13, 2018 on the second day of Trump's UK visit. - US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary attack on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy, plunging the transatlantic "special relationship" to a new low as they prepared to meet Friday on the second day of his tumultuous trip to Britain. (Photo by Matt Dunham / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MATT DUNHAM/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Saturday, 6 April, 2019
    European Parliament elections
    Pro-Europeans must unite around the opportunity of the EU elections

    Brexit has created in the UK the biggest pro-EU movement in the bloc: let’s fight together

    LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 26: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (R) and UKIP (UK Independence Party) leader Nigel Farage, hosted by LBC's Nick Ferrari, take part in a debate over Britain's future in the European Union, held at 8 Northumberland Avenue on March 26, 2014 in London, England. Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage will go head to head in the first of two debates about whether Britain should stay in the EU. (Photo by Ian West - WPA Pool / Getty Images)
  • Thursday, 14 March, 2019
    Vince Cable to step down as Lib Dem leader in May

    Veteran politician intends to write books but continue as MP

    Sir Vince Cable, Leader for the Liberal Democrats, photographed in his office during an interview with the FT 27th February 2019
  • Friday, 1 March, 2019
    InterviewUK politics
    Vince Cable says Lib Dems are open to pact with independent MPs

    Leader says his party has a lot in common with newly formed group

    Sir Vince Cable, Leader for the Liberal Democrats, photographed in his office during an interview with the FT 27th February 2019
  • Saturday, 16 February, 2019
    Brexit
    Parliament’s Brexit drama will play out in three acts

    The challenge will be welding a political reconciliation from our fractured parties

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 15: Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Vince Cable walks past as Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament on January 15, 2019 in London, England. Theresa May's Brexit deal finally reaches the House of Commons this evening and MPs will begin voting on it at 7pm. The Prime Minister has consistently said her's is the only deal that Brussels will entertain and urged support from Parliament to avoid the UK crashing out of the European Union with no deal. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
    Head to HeadBrexit
    Should British business accept Theresa May’s Brexit deal?

    A bank executive and a politician lay out arguments for and against the proposal with Brussels

    James Ferguson web
  • Tuesday, 18 September, 2018
    UK politics
    UK Lib Dem leader Vince Cable calls for fight against ‘illiberalism’

    Former business secretary appeals to Britain’s ‘progressive centre’ to ‘make common cause’

    18/08/18 Leader of the Lib Dem’s, Sir Vince Cable, makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat’s conference in Brighton today.
  • Monday, 17 September, 2018
    Brexit
    Lib Dems urge May to support new EU referendum

    Cable: ‘Deep down, the prime minister knows Brexit is a bad idea’

    15/08/2018 Leader of the Lib Dem’s, Vince Cable, listens as Gina Miller addresses the liberal democrat conference in Brighton today.
  • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
    InterviewBrexit
    Time to reshape British politics is approaching, says Vince Cable

    Lib Dem leader wants to create a ‘come-to’ party for disillusioned moderates

    Leader of the Liberal Democrats talks with the FT this afternoon.
  • Sunday, 9 September, 2018
    UK politics
    Lib Dem’s Vince Cable reaches out to disaffected Labour moderates

    Push adds to factional debate playing out in Britain’s leftist party as centrists lose out

    Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable during a question and answer session during the second day of the Liberal Democrats Autumn Conference at the Bournemouth International Centre.
  • Saturday, 8 September, 2018
    Brexit
    Gina Miller rules out bid for Lib Dem leadership

    Anti-Brexit campaigner says leaving the EU is not a ‘done deal’

    Gina Miller: Co-founder of SCM Private investment boutique who is bringing a legal case about Article 50/Brexit to the High Court
  • Friday, 7 September, 2018
    UK politics
    Vince Cable to step down as Liberal Democrat leader next year

    Veteran politician has failed to revive the pro-EU party’s opinion poll ratings

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 09: Leader of the Liberal Democrat party Vince Cable speaks to members of the press on Abingdon Green on July 9, 2018 in London, England. Last night David Davis quit as Brexit Secretary over his opposition to Mrs May's plan for the UK's future relations with the EU. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)
  • Saturday, 25 August, 2018
    Brexit
    Labour support crucial for vote on Brexit deal, says Cable

    Lib Dem leader tells rally public opinion is turning against a no-deal exit from the EU

    Worker prepare an Infiniti Q30 automobile on the production line at the Nissan Motor Co. production plant in Sunderland, U.K., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. Nissan rose 0.7 percent at the close Thursday in Tokyo trading. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 19 August, 2018
    UK economy
    Swap ‘broken’ business rates for land value tax, urges Cable

    Lib Dems leader attacks ‘tax on productive investment and burden on high streets’

    Shops on Poole high street.
  • Sunday, 22 July, 2018
    Brexit
    Brexit could bring ‘realignment’ in UK politics, says Vince Cable

    Liberal Democrat leader wants party to be ‘at the heart’ of any new pro-Europe movement

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Vince Cable, leader of the Liberal Democrats speaks at the People's Vote march against Brexit on June 23, 2018 in London, England. On the second anniversary of the 2016 Brexit referendum, the People's Vote Campaign organised a march to Parlia)ment calling for a People's Vote on the final draft of the EU Withdrawal Bill. (Photo by Simon Dawson/Getty Images
  • Thursday, 28 June, 2018
    Henry Mance
    Looking for love (or is it Brexit?) on all the wrong islands

    Imagine if certain British politicians were sent to a luxury paradise to seek romance

    Editorial Use Only. No Merchandising. No Commercial Use. Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX/Shutterstock (9727785m) Wes Nelson proposing to Laura Anderson during the Snog, Marry, Pie game. 'Love Island' TV Show, Series 4, Episode 23, Majorca, Spain - 26 Jun 2018
  • Friday, 11 May, 2018
    Brexit
    The House of Lords is leaping to the defence of UK democracy

    I welcome converts to reform, but Brexit has left us in a constitutional fix

    Artwork for FTWeekend Comment - issue dated 12.05.18
  • Friday, 4 May, 2018
    FT SeriesUK local elections 2018
    Labour fails to make big gains in England local elections

    Setback for Jeremy Corbyn as Conservatives hold on to key London boroughs

  • Monday, 30 April, 2018
    News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
    Regulators could stand in way of Sainsbury’s-Asda deal

    Tie-up to spark revolution in UK retail but give pair two-fifths of grocery market

  • Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
    UK companies
    Campaigner prosecuted over stunt to expose UK company records fraud

    Kevin Brewer listed ministers as directors to show lack of Companies House checks

    30.10.09 Companies House website. PHOTOGRAPH BY DANIEL JONES 2009 07815 853503 info@danieljonesphotography.co.uk www.danieljonesphotography.co.uk
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