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By: Fonie Mitsopoulou

Political Reporter Fonie Mitsopoulou is the political reporter at City AM. Previously, Fonie was an energy and climate reporter at POLITICO. Before becoming a journalist, Fonie worked on developing policy at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and was an editorial assistant at Penguin Press. Fonie grew up in Greece, before studying History and Politics at the University of Oxford, and then going on to learn some Arabic in Cairo. She speaks Greek, French, and some Arabic and Spanish.

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  • Israeli ministers face UK sanctions over Gaza stance

    June 10, 2025

    Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich were sanctioned by the UK government over “monstrous” comments on Gaza and the use of violence to expand control in the West Bank. Ben-Gvir, Israeli security minister, and Smotrich, the finance minister, will face financial sanctions – their assets will be frozen – as well as a travel [...]

  • Conservatives defy claims the party is ‘dying’ with millions in fundraising

    June 10, 2025

    The Tory party raised £3.4m in donations in the first quarter of 2025, surpassing all other parties’ fundraising efforts and defying claims the party was ‘dying’. In addition to short money – meaning taxpayer and electoral commission funding – the Tories received £5.5m in the three months to end March. In the last quarter of [...]

  • Reform UK: TalkTV’s David Bull to replace Zia Yusuf as chairman

    June 10, 2025

    TalkTV host David Bull has been tapped as Reform UK’s new chairman on Tuesday morning. Bull is a long-standing member of both Reform and the Brexit party, and was previously deputy leader of the party between 2021 and 2004, alongside Ben Habib. He was also a Member of the European Parliament for six months in [...]

  • London to lose out on major local growth funding in Spending Review 

    June 10, 2025

    The London Mayor has doubled down on his crusade against the terms mandated by the Treasury’s Spending Review amid concerns over losing access to local growth funds. London and other English regions could lose access to the £2.6bn UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Growth Hub Funding, and the £4.8bn Levelling-Up Fund.  A source close to the [...]

  • Green light for Sizewell C as £14.2bn to go to major nuclear project as part of Spending Review

    June 10, 2025

    The UK’s nuclear energy capacity is set to receive a major boost after the government confirmed it would put up the funds for the Sizewell C plant, ending months of uncertainty. Funding for the project is set to be announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves alongside a decision on the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) competition at [...]

  • Fresh blow for Rachel Reeves as voters scorn growth plans

    June 10, 2025

    A dwindling number of Brits have confidence that the government can deliver on its plans for economic growth, fresh polling has found, laying bare the scale of Rachel Reeves’ challenge to restore voter trust as she prepares to unveil the Spending Review on Wednesday. Just 22 per cent of Brits have some confidence in the [...]

  • Reform and Conservative supporters are open to an alliance, City AM poll finds 

    June 10, 2025

    Over half of Reform and Conservative voters support a merger or deal between the two parties, fresh polling by Freshwater Strategy and City AM has found, as Tory leader Kemi Badenoch wrestles to contain the surge in support for her upstart rivals in the wake of the local elections. The prospect of a ‘unite the [...]

  • Employment rights minister denies bill will deter hiring

    June 9, 2025

    Labour’s employment rights minister has insisted that the government’s Employment Rights Bill won’t scare firms out of hiring, amid growing concern among businesses over the impact of rising costs and bureaucracy. Key private sector voices warn the bill will deter hiring, with more than half of employers polled by the Institute of Directors (IoD) warning [...]

  • London ‘left out’ of Reeves’ spending review 

    June 9, 2025

    London will find itself low on the chancellor’s agenda in the upcoming spending review, reports suggest.  London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been lobbying for extending the DLR to Thamesmead, and the Bakerloo line to Lewisham. However, getting the requisite funding to grow the transport system is looking unlikely. Bringing the Bakerloo line further south is anticipated [...]

  • Government needs to focus on lowering energy costs to sell net zero, polling says

    June 9, 2025

    The government’s embattled net zero mission suffers from a PR problem.  Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has been tasked with two huge goals: achieving clean power by 2030, and net zero by 2050. According to fresh polling by PR agency Grayling Media, 55 per cent of people think the 2030 clean power target cannot be attained.  [...]

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