By: Christian May

Editor-in-Chief Christian May is the Editor-in-Chief of City AM. He served in the role from 2015 to 2020 and returned in 2024. He writes the daily Editor's Letter for print and online and releases The Week in Business roundup video each Thursday. He is particularly interested in the health of London's capital markets, economic policy, politics, regulation and business activity in the City of London. He regularly appears in the broadcast media and presents a daily Business News slot on LBC at 0730, Monday to Friday. Find Christian on X and LinkedIn.

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Why can’t Keir Starmer lead?

July 1, 2025

Later this week, Keir Starmer will celebrate the one year anniversary of his thumping election victory. Although he constantly tells journalists that he “doesn’t do” self reflection, if he does choose to recognise this political milestone he’ll surely be unnerved to consider that it’s less a case of “look how much we’ve achieved” and more [...]
Week in Business: Is the jobs market in crisis?

June 26, 2025

Entry level and graduate jobs are down while AI is coming for professional roles, all while businesses contend with tax hikes and red tape.
A poor country acting like a rich one

June 26, 2025

Britain is not a rich country. We may act like we are, we may even sometimes look and sound like we are, but the numbers don’t lie. When looking at GDP per capita we are decidedly middle of the pack by European standards and embarrassingly far behind America. The per head figure in the UK [...]
Contradiction at the heart of National Security Strategy

June 25, 2025

The situation in the Middle East reminds us that these are volatile times and as the war in Ukraine grinds on, an unpredictable US President heads to the Hague for a crucial Nato summit where the security of Europe is on the table. At home, the government has published its National Security Strategy which concludes [...]
Millionaires on the move? Britain can’t afford this wealth flight.

June 24, 2025

All around the world, money is on the move. Millionaire migration might seem like a niche narrative, but it sparks serious debate and can lead to major policy changes. No individual dataset can be taken as flawless, but a number of different sources can be pooled that, taken together, paint a picture of where wealth [...]
How Philanthropy Powers Cutting-Edge Science

June 23, 2025

Christian May, City AM‘s Editor in Chief, meets experts from Cancer Research UK and the Francis Crick Institute to explore the role of philanthropy in driving breakthrough research and treatment. Cancer remains a formidable challenge. Globally, it’s estimated that 19 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year. And an estimated 10 million die from [...]
Week in Business: Non-dom tax U-turn makes sense but what about the rest of us?

June 19, 2025

The Chancellor is scrambling to hang on a few non-doms, but what about the tax bomb dropped on the rest of the country?
Sir James Dyson is right to warn on Labour’s damaging policies

June 19, 2025

Sir James Dyson knows a thing or two about how to build a business. In an impassioned piece in The Sun yesterday he reflected on his own entrepreneurial experiences, saying “It took me 5,127 prototypes, each made by hand…I was on the brink of bankruptcy before I found success.” He set out his concerns that [...]
Welfare, debt and the NHS: Our public finances are on the road to ruin

June 17, 2025

Portugal is a fine country with plenty going for it, as an increasing number of Brits seem to be discovering. Just under 50,000 people moved there from the UK in 2023/34, up from 45,000 the previous year. These expats may or may not be aware that the country they’ve moved to (well-functioning, democratic, competitive and [...]
Week in Business: Is Rachel Reeves About to Drop a Tax Bombshell on the UK Economy?

June 12, 2025

Despite talk of growth and renewal, the economic warning lights are flashing, and experts now predict another £20bn tax raid.

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