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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Victims of forced prepayment meter installation to receive £18.6m

May 28, 2025

Tens of thousands of Brits are set to receive compensation after being forced to install prepayment devices in their homes. Eight energy suppliers will be writing off debts or providing compensation – valued at a total of £18.6m – to at least 40,000 consumers. This follows a review by Ofgem, the national energy regulator, which [...]
Government slashes red tape to tackle housing crisis

May 28, 2025

The government will slash red tape to get more construction by smaller building firms off the ground, and to “get working people on the housing ladder,” Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said as Labour looks to promote its pro-business credentials. A relaxation of environmental protections is expected, including Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements which [...]
Sadiq Khan backs calls to decriminalise cannabis possession

May 28, 2025

A report commissioned by Sadiq Khan has called for decriminalising the possession of cannabis in small quantities, in a major policy pivot for City Hall. The London Drugs Commission, which was set up by the Mayor of London two years ago, argues that while the production and supply of cannabis should continue to “be policed [...]
Reform UK has overthrown Tories as main opposition party, Farage says

May 27, 2025

Reform UK has unseated the Conservatives as the main threat to the government, Nigel Farage has said, as he seeks to cement Reform’s poll lead over Britain’s oldest political party. The Brexit campaigner said the Conservative party have “ceased to be a national party, they are now an irrelevance in Scotland … in Wales … [...]
Farage challenges Labour as ‘working class’ party

May 27, 2025

Nigel Farage has insisted that Reform has replaced Labour as “the party of the working class,” while introducing a litany of policies which he claims represent the interests of working people. In a speech on Tuesday morning, the Reform leader goaded the Labour Party, accusing leaders of being “absolutely terrified” of him. Farage lambasted Labour’s [...]
Farage unveils Reform UK’s new economic policies

May 27, 2025

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a tranche of policies aimed at increasing birth rates in the UK, cutting down on government spending, and reinstating welfare policies as he seeks to capitalise on the party’s popularity. The new policies are part of a wider push from the party to present themselves as “the party [...]
Starmer’s bid to ease welfare cuts piles pressure on Rachel Reeves

May 26, 2025

Keir Starmer has told his cabinet to jettison the two-child benefit cap, according to reports over the weekend, in a move that piles pressure on the Treasury and chancellor Rachel Reeves. The cap, which was introduced by the Conservative party a decade ago, prevents low-income families from receiving additional universal credit after the first two [...]
As Labour chases Reform, they’re bleeding votes on the left

May 25, 2025

Just two weeks after Reform UK’s local election triumph, the government announced a major crackdown on immigration. But while Labour scrambles to neutralise the threat from the right, it risks losing another, just as substantial, cohort to its left, argues Fonie Mitsopoulou. The electorate doesn’t love Labour at the moment. Recent polls indicate that of [...]
Netanyahu attacks Starmer for siding with ‘mass murderers’

May 23, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the UK, France, and Canada of being “on the wrong side of humanity” and claimed that their recent statements criticising Israel suggest “they want Hamas to remain in power.” Netanyahu also claimed Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Canadian leader Mark Carney have taken the [...]
Labour and Tories fight for credit on lowering migration

May 22, 2025

Long-term net migration to the UK was halved in 2024, official data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed, triggering a battle between the Labour government and the previous Conservative administration to claim credit for the fall. Total net migration fell from 860,000 in 2023 to 431,000 in 2024, the report found. The data [...]

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