Lammy rebukes Netanyahu’s ‘unacceptable’ opposition to Palestinian state January 20, 2024 David Lammy has said he backs US calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state when the war in the Middle East ends, and branded Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to the plans “unacceptable”.
Rail strikes: Fresh action to cause misery for millions into February January 15, 2024 Train drivers have announced fresh strikes and an overtime ban at the end of the month, in a blow to recent progress in the national dispute.
Labour peer David Blunkett calls for workers to return to office September 1, 2020 Lord David Blunkett has thrown his weight behind calls for workers to return to the office, urging Brits to “be confident” about getting back to normal life. The Labour peer today warned the government’s stay at home messaging was still resonating with many people. “Getting parents to be confident about their children going to school, [...]
Iain Dale reveals his top 10 most powerful figures in UK politics October 10, 2020 Radio personality Iain Dale will next week reveal his top 100 most powerful people in UK politics, with City A.M. able to reveal today who made the top 10. The list, which will be released in full in next week’s edition of The Mace magazine, contains Westminster’s most important “movers, shakers and rule-breakers”, according to [...]
PMQs: New law to exonerate Post Office Horizon scandal victims, Sunak confirms January 10, 2024 Rishi Sunak has announced "new primary legislation" to ensure hundreds of wrongfully convicted victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are exonerated and compensated.
Exclusive: David Blunkett becomes adviser to financial firm Elementary B September 15, 2020 Former Labour home secretary Lord David Blunkett has become a strategic adviser to financial services start-up Elementary B, City A.M. can reveal. Elementary B is a new financial services company that seeks to help medium-sized firms better manage their businesses by providing new technology and advice. Blunkett – also a former education and work and [...]
64 per cent of all City roles now listed as remote: Brits embrace hybrid working as Google searches go through the roof July 26, 2022 Demand for hybrid working has risen since the pandemic with remote employees seeing more productivity at home. In fact, to meet demand, 15 per cent of the UK workforce has gone hybrid, with 64 per cent of all roles in the City of London listed as hybrid working. Analysis of over 890,000 job advertisements has [...]
Downing Street calls EU asylum seeker agreement ‘rigid and inflexible’ August 10, 2020 Downing Street has criticised the EU’s asylum seekers agreement, adding that it may need to be revised as the number of migrants arriving to the UK illegally by boat continues to rise. About 4,000 asylum seekers have crossed the channel this year, including 235 in just one day last week. The EU’s Dublin Agreement states [...]
Explainer-in-brief: Whitehall’s 19th century work-from-office edict April 26, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the last bastions of a bygone era in Parliament, has demanded civil servants return to their desks with a reminder of everything they’ve been missing – passive aggressive notes from colleagues. The minister for – and read this slowly – government efficiency left notes for civil servants not at their desks [...]
Exclusive: City of London Corporation will ‘explain and retain’ two slave owner statues with plaques July 7, 2023 Links to slavery in the Square Mile will be tackled plaques on two statues of controversial historic figures, following a planning application lodged this week. City A.M. can exclusively reveal the City of London Corporation is looking to affix explainers on statues for two-time Lord Mayor William Beckford and former MP and philanthropist Sir John [...]