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Unemployment nightmare is entirely Labour’s fault

Unemployment nightmare is entirely Labour’s fault

Unemployment has risen every month since Labour came to power. Rising unemployment is a double evil; it both reveals problems in the economy and...

yesterday 30

City A.M.

Politics

No future: is Britain losing hope?

No future: is Britain losing hope?

Image generated by Chat GPT Britain faces a deep, decade-in-the-making crisis of hope, as rising costs, stagnating opportunities, and widening...

yesterday 10

City A.M.

Politics

How to keep the wheels on private rail? Bring back first class service

How to keep the wheels on private rail? Bring back first class service

(Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Amtrak) The era of rail renationalisation is an opportunity for the remaining open access operators to...

yesterday 9

City A.M.

Politics

Reeves has instigated a wealth and talent exodus: welcome to REXIT

Reeves has instigated a wealth and talent exodus: welcome to REXIT

Image generated by Chat GPT This year has seen the biggest single wealth exodus ever recorded, and they are taking an estimated $91.8bn USD out of...

yesterday 8

City A.M.

Politics

Don’t like the OBR? Then stop borrowing so much

Don’t like the OBR? Then stop borrowing so much

The OBR's David Miles hit out at Treasury briefings issued to the media. PA The left and the right have found a common enemy in the OBR, but if...

yesterday 8

City A.M.

Politics

The big question for wealth creators: is there a future in Britain?

The big question for wealth creators: is there a future in Britain?

British Airways (Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg via Getty Images) A tax-raising Budget has completely undermined confidence in the UK’s...

yesterday 7

City A.M.

Politics

Growing threats to UK financial stability

Growing threats to UK financial stability

What keeps you up at night? For the governor of the Bank of England it’s a long list of threats to the UK’s financial system – so let’s take a...

yesterday 6

City A.M.

Video

The Debate: Should you get drunk at the Christmas work party?

The Debate: Should you get drunk at the Christmas work party?

Should you get drunk at the office Christmas party? It’s a question as old as time. We get the case for and against in this week’s Debate YES:...

yesterday 1

City A.M.

Anna Moloney

Russ Shaw: I hope UK tech moves from survival to aggressive investment

Russ Shaw: I hope UK tech moves from survival to aggressive investment

Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Russ Shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates, takes us through his...

yesterday 1

City A.M.

Anna Moloney

Britain is missing out on pharma investment thanks to medicine rationing

Britain is missing out on pharma investment thanks to medicine rationing

The NHS weighed on public sector productivity A subtle version of fiscal drag has seen the amount the NHS is prepared to spend on treatments...

yesterday 1

City A.M.

Gareth Lyon

Labour’s war on pensioners punishes people for doing the right thing

Labour’s war on pensioners punishes people for doing the right thing

The government wants to mandate how pension funds should invest – a clear breech of fiduciary duty that puts people’s life savings at risk, says...

previous day 2

City A.M.

Politics

Silicon Valley has invented its own form of central planning

Silicon Valley has invented its own form of central planning

At the centre of Microsoft’s pitch is the idea of agents - small, specialised AI systems trained to take on specific security tasks. With so much...

previous day 10

City A.M.

Tech

Has Sadiq Khan laid the groundwork for Mayor Zack Polanski?

Has Sadiq Khan laid the groundwork for Mayor Zack Polanski?

Green Party leader Zack Polanski. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire According to a recent YouGov survey, just under 20 per cent of Brits think London is in...

previous day 10

City A.M.

Politics

The public is running out of patience with this Labour government

The public is running out of patience with this Labour government

Kyle places tech as a key leaver for economic growth People believe freezing income tax thresholds was an unfair breech of Labour’s manifesto and...

previous day 7

City A.M.

Politics

Labour is making it more expensive than ever to hire young workers

Labour is making it more expensive than ever to hire young workers

Image generated by ChatGPT Increases to the minimum wage alongside increases in employer NICs have pushed up the costs of employing an 18-year-old...

previous day 7

City A.M.

Politics

Here’s what should really bother Chancellor about the OBR

Here’s what should really bother Chancellor about the OBR

Wealthy individuals are at risk of tax raid An unprecedented row has broken out between the Chancellor and the OBR about short-term productivity...

previous day 3

City A.M.

Paul Ormerod

On this day: Enron files for bankruptcy

On this day: Enron files for bankruptcy

398086 02: Meredith Stewart (L), who worked in Enron's networking/data processing department, sits on her personal belongings in front of the...

tuesday 5

City A.M.

Eliot Wilson

Trial by jury is too important to be left to David Lammy

Trial by jury is too important to be left to David Lammy

(Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) David Lammy is seeking to solve a shortage of resources in the justice system by fundamentally rewriting the...

tuesday 4

City A.M.

Eliot Wilson

Is Rachel Reeves the Prime Minister’s lucky general?

Is Rachel Reeves the Prime Minister’s lucky general?

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. Ben Birchall/PA Wire Napoleon is supposed to have declared that he’d “rather have lucky generals than...

tuesday 4

City A.M.

Christian May

Reeves isn’t ‘underestimated’, she’s doing a bad job and should resign

Reeves isn’t ‘underestimated’, she’s doing a bad job and should resign

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks to nurses and members of the media during a visit to...

tuesday 3

City A.M.

Alys Denby

How to get your Gen Z staff to actually like you

How to get your Gen Z staff to actually like you

Struggling to manage Gen Z staff? EDHEC business school’s Genevieve Houriet Segard digs into what young professionals expect from a good boss The...

tuesday 1

City A.M.

Genevieve Houriet Segard

AI will transform healthcare, but it won’t necessarily make it fairer

AI will transform healthcare, but it won’t necessarily make it fairer

Image generated by Chat GPT What if healthcare becomes not a universal right but a personal upgrade? Asks Paul Armstrong The healthcare industry...

tuesday 3

City A.M.

Paul Armstrong

The biggest risk to this government is no longer economic turbulence, but itself

The biggest risk to this government is no longer economic turbulence, but itself

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as Financial Secretary to the Treasury,...

tuesday 3

City A.M.

Helen Thomas

Why is Labour refusing to use its own power?

Why is Labour refusing to use its own power?

A landslide victory in a centralised government gives Labour great political power, yet Keir Starmer seems reluctant to use it, writes John McTernan...

01.12.2025 2

City A.M.

John Mcternan

Rachel Reeves’s Budget is pushing Nick, 30, to breaking point

Rachel Reeves’s Budget is pushing Nick, 30, to breaking point

Despite his above average income, Nick, 30, is living a below average life. And it’s only set to worsen thanks to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s...

01.12.2025 6

City A.M.

Oliver Dean

Lady Mayor: Higher taxes will discourage investors at critical time

Lady Mayor: Higher taxes will discourage investors at critical time

Higher taxes on dividends, pension contributions and savings risk discouraging investors at exactly the moment we need them, writes Lady Mayor...

01.12.2025 1

City A.M.

Susan Langley

Reeves ends Budget week with more unanswered questions than she started with

Reeves ends Budget week with more unanswered questions than she started with

Rachel Reeves has questions to answer It was supposed to be the week that ended months of uncertainty. But Rachel Reeves has finished Budget week...

29.11.2025 5

City A.M.

Simon Hunt