Conservative Conference Diary: Speed limits on growth October 3, 2023 City A.M.’s reporters bring you the gossip behind the headline speeches at the Conservative Party Conference.
Election 2024: Michael Gove backs City A.M.’s ‘Build Baby Build’ campaign June 20, 2024 Outgoing housing secretary Michael Gove has thrown his weight behind CityAM’s ‘Build Baby Build’ campaign ahead of the July 4 general election.
Games Workshop: Warhammer maker continuing to trade strongly following Amazon deal December 7, 2023 Games Workshop, the maker of Warhammer, has said it is continuing to trade in line with company expectations.
UN refugee agency raises ‘deep concern’ over UK asylum system overhaul July 8, 2021 The UN’s refugee agency today voiced “deep concern” around new UK asylum changes, labelling the reforms as an “almost neo-colonial approach”. Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner for protection at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told a Chatham House briefing the changes “shift burden” rather than “share responsibilities” on supporting refugees. Sweeping reforms [...]
Keir Starmer could be doing anything. Why does he want to be Prime Minister? April 11, 2024 Keir Starmer talks to the City A.M. Magazine about his roots - and why the Tory campaign doesn't bother him
Labour’s mutant algorithm will put houses in places that need them least August 5, 2024 Why has Labour reduced building targets in areas where the housing crisis is most acute – like London – while blanketing more affordable places, like Burnley, with new development? It all comes down to the algorithm, explains Josh Coupland On Tuesday, newly crowned yimby queen, Angela Rayner announced a raft of measures to get Britain [...]
Swedish heat pump firm aims to convert one million UK homes with £300m investment November 27, 2023 A Swedish heat pump firm has pledged to inject £300m into the UK over the next three years and create 8000 jobs by 2033 in a boost to government plans to shift UK homes away from gas boilers.
Action Fraud was fruitless agency – its downfall should teach us the perils of letting skulduggery go unpunished August 21, 2021 At the end of July, the Government announced it would scrap Action Fraud, the national gateway for triaging and allocating fraud complaints for police investigation. The decision is long overdue. Official reports criticising Action Fraud’s performance have been practically an annual event. The repeated criticism was that Action Fraud was a toothless crime-recording body – a [...]
China involvement in UK nuclear energy not a security risk, industry boss says September 4, 2023 Chinese involvement in the UK’s nuclear energy sector is not a national security risk, the country’s leading trade body has argued.
Dominic Cummings created ‘culture of fear’ in No10, Matt Hancock tells Covid inquiry November 30, 2023 Matt Hancock has accused Dominic Cummings of creating a “culture of fear” in government that undermined the pandemic response, as he defended his record at the Covid-19 inquiry.