City Moves for 15 June 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Grayling, Ashfords and Investcorp? June 15, 2018 Today's City Moves covers communications, legal eagles and alternative investments. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Grayling Grayling, the integrated global communications company, in partnership with Citigate Dewe Rogerson, Quiller and other companies in the Huntsworth PR Group, have recruited one of the world’s leading trade and competition lawyers, Shanker Singham, as a [...]
May’s gamble: Prime Minister faces backlash on Brexit plans July 8, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crunch meeting tomorrow as she attempts to keep her party onside amid grumblings of a leadership challenge and a growing backlash over her newly-revealed Brexit negotiating position. May will meet Conservative backbenchers on the party’s powerful 1922 Committee to try to persuade them to back the plan, which would [...]
Brexit: Vote Leave accuses Electoral Commission of “false accusations” amid Remain-fuelled conspiracy July 4, 2018 Vote Leave, the official Leave campaign in the Brexit referendum, has attacked the Electoral Commission for making "false accusations" about the campaign – blasting the watchdog's report for peddling conspiracy theories. The Brexit campaign, which was backed by Cabinet ministers Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, has been investigated by the watchdog three times over whether [...]
Momentum activists urge Labour leadership to give members a vote on Brexit May 28, 2018 Members of leftwing pressure group Momentum are pushing for a vote on Brexit at the Labour party's annual conference in September. Senior figures of Labour's vanguard were quoted in the Observer saying it would be "unacceptable" for members not to have a say on Brexit, especially since a key part of Jeremy Corbyn's winning manifesto [...]
Who could replace David Davis as Brexit secretary? July 9, 2018 The Prime Minister will this morning have to decide who to replace David Davis as Brexit secretary after he resigned late last night. It is not a simple move, as Theresa May's Cabinet is finely balanced between Remainers and Leavers. Davis had voted Leave in the referendum, but whoever she now picks must get behind [...]
Brexit via the lobby: Cicero’s executive chairman on why City lobbyists are about to focus on extending Article 50 August 6, 2018 The reputation of professional lobbyists – never particularly burnished, it’s fair to say – has gone through the wringer of late, with everyone from Boris Johnson to Greenpeace (itself active in that regard) sticking their oar in. There is a problem, acknowledges Iain Anderson, boss of the newly supersized City lobby firm Cicero, much of [...]
Exclusive: Cabinet ministers poised to back max fac customs option as Irish border solution breaks Brexit deadlock June 1, 2018 Ministers charged with determining the UK’s position on post-Brexit customs are poised to argue for a modified version of the “max fac” option, after making a breakthrough on the Irish border issue, City A.M. understands. For nearly a month, Cabinet ministers have been analysing the two options – the new customs partnership, or NCP, initially [...]
Brexit vote live: MPs vote to delay Brexit by extending Article 50 beyond 29 March March 14, 2019 Hello and welcome to City A.M.’s Brexit live blog for the second of potentially three huge votes on the UK’s departure from the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May was defeated in the House of Commons in a second vote on her Brexit deal on Tuesday, losing by 391 votes to 242. Last night, MPs voted [...]
Brexit breakthrough: Cabinet ministers poised to back modified max fac customs option as Irish border solution breaks Brexit deadlock June 1, 2018 Ministers charged with determining the UK’s position on post-Brexit customs are poised to argue for a modified version of the “max fac” option, after making a breakthrough on the Irish border issue, City A.M. understands. For nearly a month, Cabinet ministers have been analysing the two options – the new customs partnership, or NCP, initially [...]
Exclusive: Cabinet ministers poised to back max fac customs option as Irish border solution breaks Brexit deadlock May 31, 2018 Ministers charged with determining the UK’s position on post-Brexit customs are poised to argue for a modified version of the “max fac” option, after making a breakthrough on the Irish border issue, City A.M. understands. For nearly a month, Cabinet ministers have been analysing the two options – the new customs partnership, or NCP, initially [...]