London brokers ‘charged £500’ to help smuggle migrants across Channel October 15, 2020 London brokers are charging £500 per person to help people smugglers illegally shift migrants across the Channel, according to an undercover documentary. Two brokers working at a currency exchange in Central London and a high street office in West London were found to have withheld funds paid by migrants in France, and only released the [...]
Labour and Tories fight over economy as Hunt and Reeves drop tax cut hints May 25, 2024 The Tories and Labour will fight over the economy as Keir Starmer centres Saturday’s campaign on the cost-of-living crisis while the Conservatives hint at tax cuts for high earners. The Chancellor signalled the party would seek to end the impact of tapering of personal allowances on larger incomes, while his opposite number vowed to deliver [...]
Liz Truss frontrunner to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative leader December 28, 2021 Foreign secretary Liz Truss has emerged as the frontrunner to succeed prime minister Boris Johnson among Conservative party leaders, a new poll has revealed. Truss, the former trade secretary until Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle in Septmber, has inched ahead of chancellor Rishi Sunak, according to a Survey by Conservative Home. A little over 23 per cent [...]
Flexible the new normal as half of ALL Londoners now hybrid workers with pandemic routine ‘here to stay’ September 26, 2022 More than half of London’s workers are spending at least one day a week at home, according to new government figures shared with City A.M. this week. In a government survey of nearly 2000 firms in the city, 32.2 per cent said their workers were in the office one or two days a week, while [...]
North Sea oil and gas sector push Labour to back licensing rounds November 8, 2023 The North Sea oil and gas industry is hoping to convince Labour to back future oil and gas licences - City A.M. has learned.
Gove admits Treasury doesn’t know how it will fund Right to Buy scheme June 13, 2022 The government does not know how it will fund its newly announced Right to Buy scheme, housing secretary Michael Gove has admitted. Gove today said the Treasury has “agreed that it will be funded”, but that the government is not in “a position yet to say entirely how” that will happen and that ministers now [...]
Labour hammered in Hartlepool by-election as Starmer comes under pressure May 7, 2021 Labour has suffered an historic defeat in yesterday’s Hartlepool by-election, with Boris Johnson’s Conservatives winning the constituency for the first ever time. The Tories blitzed Labour in the by-election, winning by a staggering 23 points after losing the seat in the 2019 General Election. The loss has already led to recriminations within the Labour party [...]
If our politicians can’t fix Hammersmith Bridge how will they ever fix the country? April 23, 2024 Hammersmith Bridge has been closed for five years as politicians have repeatedly passed the buck. It’s just one example of how the British state repeatedly fails to take big decisions and see them through, says Adam Hawksbee How many politicians does it take to rebuild a bridge? In Pennsylvania, the answer is one. Last summer [...]
PM’s net zero speech ‘set us back’, head of climate watchdog warns April 20, 2024 Rishi Sunak’s decision to water down environmental policies has “set us back” on reaching net zero, the outgoing head of the government’s climate watchdog has said.
COP28: Rishi Sunak unveils ‘massive’ £11bn deal for UK’s Dogger Bank wind farm December 1, 2023 A “massive” deal has been struck between energy firms RWE and Masdar to invest up to £11bn in the UK’s Dogger Bank wind farm, Rishi Sunak has said.