The UK’s accountants are calling on Philip Hammond to commit to infrastructure investment at next month’s Autumn Statement October 18, 2016 The UK's accountants are pressing Philip Hammond to follow plans for a new £3bn homebuilding fund with further public investment in his Autumn Statement next month. Hammond announced the scheme to back smaller developers alongside communities secretary Sajid Javid at the Conservative Party conference. Read More: British businesses issue their Autumn Statement demands And now, [...]
Is Ukip dead? October 18, 2016 Harriet Maltby, head of policy research, Prosperity Index at the Legatum Institute, writing in a personal capacity, says Yes. Ukip has long been a confused combination of Nigel Farage with his middle-class Eurosceptic Tories and disgruntled working-class Labour voters. It was Nigel, and the personality cult that followed him, that held the party together. Now he has [...]
Inequality doesn’t matter if we’re all paid according to the value we create October 18, 2016 Log on to Netflix and you can catch old episodes of Dirty Jobs, where you can watch host Mike Rowe visit plumbers, pig farmers, and steel mill workers and try his hand at some of the less sexy but utterly fascinating jobs that help make the world around us possible. All of these people work incredibly hard, [...]
There’s no room for complacency about the value of passporting rights to UK financial services October 18, 2016 For almost three decades, Brits have been wandering around the globe with small burgundy books in their pockets and purses. Since the June referendum, however, the colour of these travel documents has become a bone of contention for Brexiteers. In fact some have begun campaigning for the return of the old dark blue passport used until 1988 [...]
We may not get an official decision on airport expansion until 2018 October 18, 2016 Theresa May won't hold the final vote on airport expansion until 2017/18 to allow for public debate, she has confirmed. The delay, confirmed in a letter from May to her cabinet colleagues which was seen by City A.M. today, will give cabinet ministers including Boris Johnson and Justine Greening the chance to air their grievances with the choice if Heathrow [...]
Quiz: Who said it – real Trump or robot Trump? October 18, 2016 Can you tell the difference between Donald Trump and a robot? The Presidential hopeful's Tweets are increasingly erratic as voting day approaches, although, he has always had a peculiar way with 140 characters. Following along with the Presidential election race, there's a Trump Twitter bot that aims to recreate the magic of his tweets using artificial intelligence. Read [...]
Brexit deal and EU trade policy in the spotlight as EU-Canada deal falters October 18, 2016 The EU’s entire trade policy was brought into question today after political squabbling looked set to cast another delay to the landmark EU-Canada free trade agreement. Following a regional parliament in Belgium voting against the deal last week, trade ministers from the other 27 EU countries were forced to issue an ultimatum to the Belgian [...]
An industry-specific Brexit deal, rather than a holistic one, could cause more harm than good, says shadow City minister October 18, 2016 The City could wind up shooting itself in the foot by pushing for sector-specific Brexit deals, the shadow City minister has told City A.M. Jonathan Reynolds said he "didn't favour sector-by-sector negotiations". He noted that, because other EU capitals were keen to take London's financial services crown, an industry specific deal, rather than a holistic one, [...]
The polls are looking increasingly worse for Donald Trump ahead of the last presidential debate October 18, 2016 The final debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take place on Wednesday night in Las Vegas as the latest polls put Clinton in prime position to take the presidency next month. With just three weeks left until polling day on 8 November, the two official nominees will attempt to persuade America they have what [...]
Boris Johnson will be allowed to protest if the government opts to expand Heathrow next week October 18, 2016 Foreign secretary Boris Johnson would be allowed to speak out against any plans to expand Heathrow under highly unusual plans revealed by Downing Street today. Theresa May's office said earlier today that a verdict on whether to expand either Gatwick or Heathrow airports would be reached on Tuesday next week. However, while there will be [...]