Letters to the editor: Tourist tax proves puzzling, cross words for our crossword February 16, 2024 Each week we at City A.M. Towers receive some enlightening and occasionally constructively critical letters. Here are our favourites from this week.
All you need to know about the upcoming by-elections February 13, 2024 Three by-elections are taking place this month, in the latest test of the strength of Rishi Sunak’s government.
Sunak promises tax cuts and tells doubters he is ‘totally up for the fight’ February 10, 2024 Hard work should be rewarded with tax cuts, Rishi Sunak has said, telling critics who doubt he can turn his party around that he is “totally up for the fight”.
MP for City of London Nickie Aiken to quit as civil servant husband scoops top UAE job February 7, 2024 Conservative MP Nickie Aiken has announced she will stand down at the next general election.
Labour playing ‘Bazball’ as Starmer says business ‘fingerprints’ on plans for power February 1, 2024 The Labour Party is playing “Bazball”, a senior Bloomberg figure has said, as SIr Keir Starmer has vowed businesses have their “fingerprints” on the party’s plans for power.
Tory MPs plotting against Sunak are ‘not my friends’, Kemi Badenoch says January 28, 2024 Conservative MPs who are plotting against Rishi Sunak are “not my friends”, Kemi Badenoch has insisted.
What could we see from Labour’s election manifesto? January 25, 2024 Labour leader Keir Starmer has set a deadline for draft manifesto submissions - so what could the party offer the UK at a general election?
Rishi Sunak insists Jeremy Hunt will still be Chancellor at election time January 22, 2024 Jeremy Hunt will still be Chancellor at the time of the general election, and is doing a “fantastic job”, Rishi Sunak has insisted.
Voters are sick of political slogans, but Sunak and Starmer just won’t let go January 22, 2024 Sunak and Starmer are obsessed with slogans, but voters see right through them and they are making politics meaningless, writes Eliot Wilson.
It may get them elected, but overpromising will set Labour up for failure against unions January 18, 2024 It may be tempting to promise big, but Labour need only look to Northern Ireland to see the price of disappointment, writes Will Cooling.