City minister: Why financial education for every child matters November 18, 2025 City minister Lucy Rigby is backing City AM’s campaign to expand financial education All children should be taught the skills they need to understand money and the importance of financial decisions. That’s why, through our Financial Inclusion Strategy, we have made financial education compulsory in all primary schools, taking on board the recommendations of the [...]
Forget the naysayers, banks are still committed to climate action November 18, 2025 Headlines have decried the end of green finance, yet the vast majority of institutions remain committed to climate action, writes Bob Wigley.
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care? November 18, 2025 The widespread indifference to the British Library’s crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity, says Hetan Shah The head of a critical British information body has resigned. No, not the BBC. At the start of this month the chief executive of the British Library, the UK’s national [...]
Wealthy divorcees race to leave Britain before the Budget November 18, 2025 High net worth divorcees are rushing to relocate amid rumours of wealth taxes and a raid on international assets, but it’s more complicated than they think, says Sophie Chapman Conflict resolution is a growth area and England (London in particular) undoubtedly remains a magnet for wealthy international couples seeking to resolve their disputes. Recent decisions [...]
What can Britain learn from Elon Musk? How to fail… November 17, 2025 British engineering needs to be a little more Musk; pragmatic, ambitious and unafraid to learn in public, says Robert Rayner Elon Musk’s rise to trillionaire status is more than a story of wealth, it is a display of how technological vision and financial resilience can merge into a new model of progress. His trillion-dollar payout [...]
Labour: what the hell is going on? November 17, 2025 Against a backdrop of catastrophic briefings and an upcoming Budget doom, contenders are vying to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership – but none of them have any idea how they would do things differently, says Eliot Wilson Last week was not a good one for the Prime Minister. With the latest opinion poll [...]
Lady Mayor: I want to un-square the Square Mile November 17, 2025 We need to make it clear to everyone that the City is an open and welcoming place, regardless of background, writes Lady Mayor Susan Langley.
Three Budget pleas from a tech entrepreneur November 17, 2025 With a few key measures, the government could could demonstrate that it's behind entrepreneurs this Budget, writes John Cotterell.
International students should not be treated as migrants November 15, 2025 Framing a tax on students as a migration control is a misguided move that punishes one of Britain's greatest assets, says Virenda Sharma.
Lord Turner’s crypto scepticism is painfully out of touch November 15, 2025 In an interview with City AM, Lord Adair Turner compared buying crypto to buying tulips in 1635. Bepi Pezzulli writes a rebuttal.