Brexit in 2019: The only certainty is uncertainty January 4, 2019 Predicting what will happen in the world of politics is a notoriously difficult task at the best of times, but in the current all-bets-are-off climate, surely only a fool would give it a go. City A.M.’s Owen Bennett is that fool, and here are his tips for what to look out for. Brexit May's Brexit [...]
DEBATE: Is the proposed ban on plastic drinking straws a good idea? April 20, 2018 Is the proposed ban on plastic drinking straws a good idea? Helen McGeough, senior consultant at PCI Wood Mackenzie, says YES. Michael Gove has called plastic waste a global emergency – Brits alone throw away 8.5bn plastic straws a year. There is a need to illustrate symbolism among single-use plastics, where functionality may be regarded [...]
Brexit Live: Theresa May survives vote of no confidence December 12, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May faces a challenge to her leadership after the threshold for triggering a vote of no confidence was reached this morning. Welcome to today’s City A.M. Brexit live blog. This post is being updated. Please refresh for the latest version. A vote will be held tonight between 6pm and 8pm after Sir Graham [...]
Theresa May’s government thrown into turmoil as Brexit secretary David Davis and deputy Steve Baker resign July 9, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May took a major hit late last night after Brexit secretary David Davis resigned from his post, effective immediately. Davis exchanged letters with Number 10 after his position became untenable following the Cabinet away-day on Friday when May’s top team finally thrashed out a position of the UK’s future trading relationship with [...]
The NHS will continue to swallow money as fast as politicians can work their shovels…regardless of Brexit June 18, 2018 David Cameron said that his priority for government could be explained “in three letters: NHS.” That was in 2006. Four years later, his 2010 election campaign was built around a claim that he would “cut the deficit, not the NHS.” Today, Theresa May will formally announce an additional £20bn in NHS funding in a speech [...]
Brexit: Prime Minister agrees to Remainer rebel MPs’ demands for meaningful vote on withdrawal deal in February June 14, 2018 Update: The victory rebel MPs thought they had secured has collapsed, after a last-minute change rendered the amendment “unacceptable”. Read the full story here. Conservative rebel MPs appear to have secured victory over the meaningful vote amendment, with the Prime Minister reported to have agreed to her backbenchers’ demands. One source close to the discussions [...]
Brexit: Prime Minister agrees to Remainer rebel MPs’ demands for meaningful vote on withdrawal deal in February June 14, 2018 Update: The victory rebel MPs thought they had secured has collapsed, after a last-minute change rendered the amendment "unacceptable". Read the full story here. Conservative rebel MPs appear to have secured victory over the meaningful vote amendment, with the Prime Minister reported to have agreed to her backbenchers' demands. One source close to the discussions [...]
Key Chequers Brexit meeting to result in “softest of hard Brexits” as full Cabinet tips balance away from pro-Leave ministers June 27, 2018 Next week’s crunch meeting to thrash out a final position on the customs union is likely to result in “the softest of hard Brexits” after the balance has been shifted away from favouring government’s most ardent Brexiters. While it had originally been planned as a two-day overnight stay at the grace-and-favour Buckinghamshire mansion, the first [...]
Chequers Brexit meeting to result in ‘softest of hard Brexits’ as full Cabinet tips balance away from pro-Leave ministers June 27, 2018 Next week's crunch meeting to thrash out a final position on the customs union is likely to result in "the softest of hard Brexits" after the balance has been shifted away from favouring government's most ardent Brexiters. While it had originally been planned as a two-day overnight stay at the grace-and-favour Buckinghamshire mansion, the first [...]
International trade secretary Liam Fox promises City audience: We will push for global free trade in financial services post-Brexit April 23, 2018 Trade secretary Liam Fox will tell a City audience today that Britain can lead a global push for greater free trade in services. Speaking at City Week in Guildhall, Fox will paint an optimistic picture of the UK’s post-Brexit financial services sector. “Increasingly, the world not only wants what Britain makes, but also to tap [...]