Teatime newslinks for Monday 21st November 2011

THE ECONOMY & HELP FOR FIRST-TIME BUYERS

• Cameron tells the CBI conference that there is no “silver bullet” to fix the economy and return the country to growth - Telegraph
• Speech to the CBI conference suggests that the Government is preparing for grim growth forecasts next week - Guardian
• Cameron: Deficit harder to clear than first thought - Telegraph
• Head of CBI, John Cridland, says that firms who take on British teenagers instead of foreign workers, should be given subsidies - Daily Mail
• First-time buyers could get government-backed 95% mortgages - Guardian
• Cameron aims to boost ‘people’s dreams’ with help for first-time buyers - Evening Standard I Telegraph
• Building project will boost growth, says Grant Shapps - Telegraph
• Matt Griffith: ‘This new housing strategy won’t save the ‘lost generation’ - Guardian
• Some banks and building societies says they were coerced into backing the Government’s mortgage scheme - Guardian

TRANSPORT

• Build new airport, or face economic stagnation, says Boris Johnson - Guardian
• Boris Johnson: "I urge the Government to develop ideas for a new airport in the Thames estuary - a clean, state-of-the art hub airport that would be a motor for growth and regeneration and entrench London's lead as the greatest commercial centre in Europe" - Evening Standard
• A report published by Boris Johnson says an airport in the Thames Estuary would bring billions in investment from countries such as Brazil and China - Telegraph
• James Forsyth: ‘The Government’s airport conundrum’ - Spectator
• What should the proposed Thames Estuary airport be called? - Guardian
• Stephen Glaister: Successive governments have failed to grasp the nettle of future traffic growth … the jams have a real impact on all of us and if we are to tackle them then we need to take a long-term view. So far ministers have declined to do so. It's about time that attitude changed” - Guardian

EUROPE

• Fraser Nelson: ‘How ambitious is Cameron on Europe?’ - Spectator
• Turkish President, Abdullah Gül in Britain for state visit as hopes of joining EU crumble in the face of opposition from France and Germany - Guardian
• Melanie McDonagh: ‘Sorry, Mr Gul, but Turkey won’t be joining the EU any time soon’ - Spectator
• Michael Burleigh: ‘Spain’s new leader faces a formidable task, but there are reasons to be optimistic’ - Daily Mail

OTHER TORY & POLITICAL NEWS

• Osborne announces measures, severing ties with Iranian banks as part of international sanctions package - Guardian I BBC
• Hague talks with the Syrian opposition - BBC
• After violent clashes in Egypt, William Hague calls for the ruling Military Council to allow “free and fair” elections - ToryDiary
• New street battles erupt in Cairo’s Tahrir square - Guardian
• Government accused of failing to back North Sea oil manufacturing - Guardian
• Hamish MacDonnell: The SNP hits the jackpot with a £1m donation from EuroMillions winners for independence campaign - Spectator