Jeremy Corbyn may be drawing out the youth voters, but new poll suggests millennials could be the new Thatcherites August 26, 2015 Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn may be drawing hundreds of young voters to his rallies, but a new poll shows that the hard-left candidate may not have what it takes to bring them to the ballot box at a General Election. Read more: Students are more right-wing than the general public on key economic matters like [...]
Labour leadership contest: City leader Martin Clarke says Jeremy Corbyn would be “disastrous” August 11, 2015 A prominent City dealmaker and Labour party supporter has said that a victory for leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn would do “irreparable damage.” Martin Clarke, chief financial officer of roadside recovery giant AA and a former executive at the private equity firm Permira, told City A.M. in an interview yesterday that electing Corbyn would sever Labour’s [...]
EU referendum: Would the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party make Brexit more likely? August 18, 2015 Robert Oxley, campaign director of Business for Britain, says Yes You don’t have to support Jeremy Corbyn, nor agree with his views on a range of subjects, to recognise his election would make Brexit more likely. His proposal for Labour to hold a special conference to decide its response to the EU referendum is a [...]
PMQs today: Prime Minister David Cameron under pressure on zero-hour contracts and comments by pro-Leave ministers June 8, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron came under fire from opposition in PMQs today on zero-hour contracts in the aftermath of the revealed exploitation at Sports Direct. "Will the Prime Minister do what some other European countries have done and ban exploitative zero-hour contacts here?," Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn asked. David Cameron acknowledged that the practice of Sports [...]
No emergency Budget: George Osborne moves to calm markets – but pound stays lower June 27, 2016 The pound edged up against the dollar as George Osborne sought to calm markets first thing this morning, saying there will be no emergency Budget at least until a new Prime Minister is in place. Earlier this month, Osborne had said a Brexit vote could lead to an emergency Budget "within weeks" – but this morning Osborne [...]
Editor’s 2016 review: It’s been a year of momentous political change, but there’s every reason to look to the future December 22, 2016 Attempting to reflect such an extraordinary year with just a handful of our own front pages was always going to be difficult, but I thought we’d give it a go. The front page of City A.M. is (to borrow a phrase from our marketing department) the front door of our brand. The choice of splash, [...]
Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn victory triggers shadow cabinet resignations from senior frontbench MPs Rachel Reeves and Jamie Reed September 12, 2015 A number of senior Labour MPs have immediately resigned from the frontbench following Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader of the party. Read more: Jeremy Corbyn elected as Labour leader with massive majority Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves said she won't return to the front bench following maternity leave while shadow health minister Jamie [...]
Austerity is simply bad economics: It’s the current Conservative government – not Jeremy Corbyn – whose spending policies are extreme August 24, 2015 Republican US presidential candidate and Ohio governor John Kasich recently argued that when he gets to the "pearly gates", what will matter is not how much he cut spending, but how much he helped the poor. Austerity is all about spending cuts, which hurt the poor and the vulnerable. This makes the UK government’s [...]
Labour leadership election result: Jeremy Corbyn wins vote in first round to beat Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall September 12, 2015 Labour has elected left winger Jeremy Corbyn as the new leader of the party. Read more: When did it start to look like Jeremy Corbyn might win? Despite initially securing just the bare minimum 35 nominations from fellow MPs to stand, Corbyn has remarkably surged from rank outsider at 66/1 to an overwhelming victory in the [...]
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has blamed rebel Labour MPs for a furore around his Hitler comments June 14, 2016 Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has claimed that Blairite MPs have deliberately misrepresented his comments around Zionism and Adolf Hitler in a bid to undermine Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Livingstone's comments came as part of a Home Affairs Committee probe into the broader issue of anti-semitism, with the former London mayor asked to give evidence following his [...]