This shallow but broad landslide must not hold back Starmer’s ambitions THE VERDICT Keir Starmer is Prime Minister. Now the hard bit starts for the Labour leader.
This government is out of ideas, out of energy, and deserves to be out of office EDITORIAL Our verdict on the General Election: this Conservative party deserves a spell on the sidelines
Election 2024: Rishi Sunak will get his hearing. Does he have anything to say? THE RACE FOR NO 10 The country is said to have stopped listening to the Conservatives. Rishi Sunak now has an election to change that - if he has something to say
Our verdict on the Mayoral election: Not the contest London deserved April 30, 2024 A disappointing London Mayoral contest has failed to speak to the optimism of the capital
Time to celebrate one of London’s overlooked success stories April 29, 2024 The decline of London’s equity market has dominated the headlines, obscuring what has been one of the City’s great success stories.
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
London is not a 24-hour city – and Khan needs to change that March 11, 2024 Sadiq Khan must pledge to do more to support our night time industries, making sure they thrive rather than survive.
City of London top financial centre in the world? Not without a listings revival January 24, 2024 The City of London, number one financial centre in the world. One can imagine that a Square Mile which has spent the past year worrying about US take-private raids, an almost total collapse in significant IPOs, and an ever-increasing tax burden would take that badge of honour with a pinch of salt. But that is [...]
London’s Mayor must stop fighting the Brexit war – and move on like British business has January 11, 2024 Brexit is now in the rear-view mirror; and speeches bemoaning the lost opportunities are distracting from the adaptability that London needs at the top
Post Office staff may soon get closure. What about HBOS Reading’s victims? January 9, 2024 Post Office postmasters went unanswered for far too long. Let’s not repeat the error with HBOS Reading’s victims Closure, it seems, is coming to the victims of the Post Office’s postmaster prosecutions, with politicians spurred into action by a heart-rending ITV drama. It is about time. But it is also true that it is not [...]
