A ‘be British’ mandate won’t make up for seasonal workers picking our fruit July 11, 2023 Bringing back "pick for Britain" won't solve the problems of seasonal workers who come to the UK and find a substandard job market ripe for exploitation, writes Elena Siniscalco
Business secretary slams firms not allowing staff to work from home January 12, 2021 New business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has urged employers to take “every possible step” to help employees work from home during the pandemic. His comments come after City A.M. revealed some firms have at points offered staff unpaid leave as an alternative to returning to the office. Kwarteng said: “The law is clear that you may [...]
France says ‘non’ to Patel plan to turn back migrants in Channel September 9, 2021 France has refused to accept Priti Patel’s plan to send boats of migrants back across the English Channel. France’s interior minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted this morning that he will not “accept any practice contrary to the law of the sea nor any financial blackmail”, after Patel threatened to withhold millions of pounds she previously promised [...]
Long fraud trial looms for tech tycoon Mike Lynch as Priti Patel approves extradition to US January 29, 2022 The extradition of British technology tycoon Mike Lynch to the United States to answer criminal fraud charges has been approved by Home Secretary Priti Patel. “On January 28, following consideration by the courts, the extradition of Dr Michael Lynch to the US was ordered,” a Home Office spokesperson said last night. “Under the Extradition Act [...]
BREAKING: Truss to make statement at 1.30 as Tory MPs call for her to go October 20, 2022 Liz Truss will make a statement at 1.30pm, with speculation raging that she could announce her resignation as Prime Minister. The statement comes after a morning of fevered speculation about her future, less than two months after entering Number 10. Sixteen Conservative MPs have now publicly called for the Prime Minister to resign with many [...]
Meet Liz Truss top team: Zooming in on UK’s new business secretary, Brexiteer City investor Jacob Rees-Mogg September 7, 2022 Following yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle, City A.M. introduces you to some of Liz Truss’s key ministers. Who are they? What has their journey been so far? Check out the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Home Secretary Suella Braverman and the new Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly. As the country heads towards a lengthy period of recession, [...]
As long as the Met is unable to police itself, it shouldn’t be fit to police Londoners either October 18, 2022 With our model of policing relying heavily on public consent, confidence is everything.
Labour calls for investigation of claims PM intervened to help get friend a peerage March 6, 2022 Labour is calling for a parliamentary investigation into claims that Boris Johnson intervened to get his Russian billionaire friend Evgeny Lebedev a peerage, after security services initially recommended against it. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today told the BBC that a Westminster committee should probe the “very concerning” case and that “there’s at least the [...]
UK exports to India hit record levels despite crucial post-Brexit trade deal missing today’s Diwali deadline October 24, 2022 The UK is exporting and importing record volumes of goods with India despite complications around a trade deal which look set to miss todays planned Diwali date for completion. Exports in July (£939m) and August (£913m) surpassed £900m for the first time ever recorded which puts the total volume of exports to India so far [...]
Policing minister and BRC say ignore call for ‘discretion’ prosecuting shoplifters May 19, 2022 The policing minister has urged officers not to let people off the hook if they steal food in order to feed their families amid a cost of living crisis. Kit Malthouse hit out at the “old-fashioned” thinking put forward by Andy Cooke, the new chief of HM Inspector of Constabulary, who said police should use [...]