By: Alys Denby

Alys Denby is opinion and features editor of City AM. She writes the weekly Free Thinking newsletter and presents the video series of the same name. She regularly appears in broadcast media including BBC, Channel 5 Sky News, Times Radio, LBC and GB News. She has previously worked for a think tank and as a parliamentary researcher

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The £950bn pension plan: Why the ‘triple lock’ is entirely unsustainable

April 9, 2024

The current pension age is 66 but if you were born after 5 April 1960 it’s 67. This is set to rise to 68, but a decision on the exact timetable has been deferred until after the election
Rachel Reeves is cherry-picking Thatcher’s legacy – and not just the good bits

March 20, 2024

Rachel Reeves talks of a 1979 moment - but some policies veer away from those that Margaret Thatcher would have approved
Tories should get back to the real world – just not the one Lee Anderson lives in

March 13, 2024

Far from reflecting ‘the real world’, the Anderson extended universe is as full of artifice as anything else in politics, says Alys Denby Lee Anderson’s show on GB News is called The Real World, yet behind the scenes it’s anything but. The show is broadcast on a Friday evening and set up to give viewers [...]

‘Bond market tantrum risks’: Gilt traders brace for Labour leftward pivot as Starmer future uncertain

Manchester City: Sheikh Mansour faces calls for ban from English football over UAE links to genocide

The watch podcast disrupting the ‘pale, male and stale’ image

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