Peter Mandelson calls on Labour to ‘redouble’ its private donation efforts August 24, 2022 Lord Peter Mandelson has called on Labour to “redouble” its efforts to bring in private donations amid claims the party is struggling to fill its coffers. The party grandee, and New Labour architect, told City A.M. that Sir Keir Starmer “cannot allow himself or the party” to become beholden to “hard-left trade unions” that “are going to [...]
Rishi Sunak’s fate is cursed by 13 years of the Conservatives’ electoral success May 11, 2023 Local elections results are never a prediction for a general election, but still is not Keir Starmer who needs a miracle to find himself in Downing Street pretty soon, it's Rishi Sunak, writes Will Cooling
Starmer vows there will be ‘no magic money tree economics’ with Labour July 25, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer has promised there will be “no magic money tree economics” with a Labour government as he vows to deliver “sound finances”. Starmer said in a setpiece speech in Liverpool that he would not be bound to the “nostalgic” thinking that government should direct business activity and that “modern industrial strategy is not [...]
A Conservative manifesto, adjusted to UK inflation January 24, 2023 As prices keep going up, Elena Siniscalco looks at what happens to the Conservative manifesto pledges from 2019 when we adjust them in line with inflation Inflation is at 10.5 per cent in the UK. This isolated number can feel quite difficult to quantify, but we see it everywhere around us – in the price [...]
Joseph Stiglitz: ‘Freedom for the wolves means death for the lambs’ May 9, 2024 "You see the incoherent use of the word freedom all over the place," he told City A.M over a half-eaten fry-up in Whitehall.
Coutts’ Farage decision is a blunder but it’s none of Sunak’s business July 20, 2023 Coutts should have the ability to decide who it grants its services to. But essential to financial services are really boring things like certainty, predictability and trust.
Jeremy Corbyn: Election was ‘taken over by Brexit’ December 13, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has said he did “everything he could” to get the Labour party into government in the General Election, and that he will not “walk away” until another leader is installed. The Labour leader said the election was “taken over by Brexit,” after the Conservatives stormed to victory in its traditional bases. Read more: [...]
What big business and the City want from Labour and Tory election manifestos May 25, 2024 The UK’s top business groups are scrambling onto an election footing and preparing to lay out their manifesto demands as the Labour and Conservative election machines kick into gear.
Piers Corbyn arrested after encouraging people to burn down MPs’ offices December 19, 2021 The Metropolitan Police have arrested Piers Corbyn after he called for MPs' offices during a speech at an anti-lockdown rally yesterday.
Kwasi’s gamble to settle the score on the size of the state September 26, 2022 Neither Kwarteng or Truss are fools, even if they are gamblers. They know we cannot go back to the time when citizens were left to fend for