As a UN official blames anti-migrant rhetoric for boat rescue failures in the Med, is he right? April 20, 2015 Will Jones, lecturer in politics and member of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, says Yes Our politicians are fighting to prove who can be most vicious to foreigners. Who can stop them from claiming benefits for longest, or face the tightest admission requirements, or deported fastest. Our government deported a 31 [...]
Red Nose Day 2015: Quentin Blake, Axel Scheffler and Morph from Hartbeat: Just some of the things you can buy in today’s Comic Relief art auction March 13, 2015 Comic Relief is auctioning off artworks by some of the UK's best known illustrators including The Gruffalo's Axel Scheffler and Sir Quentin Blake. The auction – taking place on eBay today – includes original drawings by cartoonists Gerald Scarfe and Matt Pritchett, children's author Neil Gaiman, card artists Edward Monkton and Rupert Fawcett, portraitist Lorna [...]
Bijoux – that is, tiny – flat in Mayfair rented in record time March 9, 2015 YOU COULD probably just about swing a cat in a one-bedroom Mayfair flat that was yesterday let at record speed. Boasting just 301 sq ft, the “bijoux” flat in Pollen Street, between Hanover Square and Regent Street, took just 40 minutes to let for up £1,560 per month. The new tenant, an “executive in the hospitality [...]
Cameron looks to increase defence spending – for free March 11, 2015 There is more than one way to skin a cat – and, it seems, plump up a defence budget. David Cameron has instructed ministers to find out whether the budgets of intelligence agencies can be lumped in as part of defence spending. The UK has come under pressure recently from the US to maintain its [...]
It’s official: The coolest offices have slides, nap rooms and an in-office creche April 9, 2015 If you had aspirations of creating a cool work environment but can't quite squeeze in a slide, abandon your hopes now: you'll literally never be trendy. That's according to online gaming site MobileSlots,com, anyway: it's created the definitive list of the items that make up the coolest offices – and the slide is in the [...]
David Cameron’s first PMQs in full Tory goverment: The bunfight returns June 3, 2015 The economy took centre stage during David Cameron's first Prime Minister's questions in this parliament – but if the electorate was looking for any particular commitments to anything, they would have been left frustrated. Several new MPs were welcomed to the weekly bun-fight but the rhetoric on both sides was all business as usual. [...]
Late Benteke penalty sees Villa scramble out of relegation zone March 3, 2015 ASTON Villa clambered out of the relegation zone after snatching a precious last-gasp 2-1 success against Midlands rivals West Brom at Villa Park last night. Striker Christian Benteke calmly slotted home an injury-time penalty for his first strike of 2015 after Baggies forward Saido Berahino had cancelled out Gabriel Agbonlahor’s opener, which ended the former [...]
Tesco loses Harris + Hoole and Giraffe chief Michael Holmes amid Dave Lewis restructure March 9, 2015 Tesco has lost another senior executive, after the man in charge of its Harris + Hoole coffee shops and restaurant chain Giraffe stepped down. Chief executive of new food experiences Michael Holmes, the man behind Tesco’s strategy to offer dining experiences in-store in a bid to pull in customers, has fallen on the wrong side [...]
BP share price edges up as profits plummet 20 per cent, but still beat expectations April 28, 2015 BP's share price rose slightly this morning, even as the company's results suffered from the effects of low oil prices. The energy giant’s underlying replacement cost profit was down 20 per cent for the three months ending 31 March, compared with the same period a year earlier. That sounds like terrible news, but the company [...]
City A.M. team joins the Vertical Rush up Tower 42 for Shelter March 3, 2015 Several intrepid – some would say mad – members of City A.M.’s staff yesterday joined the Vertical Rush challenger for the homeless charity, Shelter. The five members of our very fit digital team – Adam, Cat, Martin, Sarah and Lynsey – joined X Factor star Shayne Ward and a cast of a 1,000 to climb all the [...]