By: James Nickerson

I am a reporter at City A.M. looking at the stories, people and data behind political events from the UK, Europe and further afield. I also write about infrastructure and transport, as well as broader issues around global business.

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Cyber Monday 2015: Shoppers across the UK set to spend more than £3bn by Cyber Monday

November 28, 2015

By the time Cyber Monday comes to an end shoppers around the UK are expected to have spent over £3bn, as they clutch at online deals. Analysts predict a total of £3.2bn to be spent by customers across the country this weekend – Amazon reported its biggest sales day ever in the UK yesterday, with 6m orders, according [...]
Stop the War coalition organises march on Downing Street today

November 28, 2015

With Prime Minister David Cameron's campaign to persuade the House of Commons of the need for air strikes in Syria gaining more support, the Stop the War coalition has called for a protest march in London today. Thousands of protesters are expected to turn up outside Downing Street to urge the Prime Minister to change [...]
Hamleys parade 2015: London’s Regent Street is being transformed into a Christmas toy parade with a star cast including Peppa Pig and Sonic the Hedgehog

November 28, 2015

Peppa Pig will be taking a break from her busy schedule to appear at the Regent Street toy parade, which will see the bustling street turned into a traffic-free zone to celebrate Christmas. In honour of its 225th birthday, Hamleys is calling on a star cast, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Snoopy and the Thunderbirds for a [...]
COP21 Paris climate summit: “Climate responsibility” will not come for free

November 28, 2015

If you expect the 21st UN Climate Summit to deliver an ambitious and globally binding climate agreement, prepare to be disappointed. In research done by Simon Herr at the the School of Economics and Political Science at the University of St Gallen, it is shown that previous summits such as Copenhagen in 2009 failed for [...]
COP 21 Paris climate summit: “Climate responsibility” will not come for free

November 28, 2015

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At the close: FTSE 100 index closes lower on miners

November 27, 2015

The FTSE 100 closed down today, led lower by miners after having made gains yesterday. The UK's top blue-chip index closed 0.28 per cent down, at 6,375 points, led lower by Anglo American and Glencore, after negative data from China was released showing that Chinese industrial profits fell 4.6 per cent in October. Miners, other than BHP Billiton, yesterday led [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s policy adviser Andrew Fisher has suspension from the Labour party lifted by the ruling national executive committee

November 27, 2015

After having been suspended from the Labour party following a stream of controversial tweets, leader Jeremy Corbyn's policy adviser Andrew Fisher has had his suspension lifted by the ruling national executive committee (NEC). Fisher had suggested that a Class War candidate should be back as leader of the party instead of Corbyn, while calling Tony Blair a [...]
Osborne’s budget target leaves “limited fiscal flexibility”, says Fitch

November 27, 2015

If economic growth or revenues underperform, the government will have "limited fiscal space" to manoeuvre and respond to the economic shocks, rating agency Fitch has warned. The government's Autumn Statement is consistent with its overall fiscal strategy and "with the revised fiscal mandate, but also shows limited fiscal space if growth or revenues underperform", Fitch said [...]
This is how long it takes people to commute and what they do during it

November 27, 2015

No matter how long it takes, everybody feels their commute is too long. But a new poll has revealed that the figure for the how long it actually takes to get to work and back is one hour and 38 minutes. The public transport app Moovit has released results of a national commuting survey, conducted by OnePoll, which [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn facing revolt as shadow cabinet members back David Cameron’s plans for air strikes in Syria

November 27, 2015

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been put under more pressure as senior members of his shadow cabinet have threatened to resign over his stance on air strikes in Syria. Corbyn has written to Labour MPs to say he cannot support Prime Minister David Cameron's call to take military action in Syria against the so-called Islamic [...]

Barry Hearn says ‘Saudi is a problem’ amid snooker shift

Barry Hearn says ‘Saudi is a problem’ amid snooker shift

Jeremy King: My honest thoughts on The Ivy £1bn sale

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