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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Foreign secretary Philip Hammond and US secretary of state John Kerry urge diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in Syria and ease refugee crisis

September 19, 2015

After meeting the foreign secretary Philip Hammond in London to discuss the conflict in Syria, US secretary of state John Kerry has said the two completely agreed on the need to end the Syrian conflict soon. Read more: Europe's refugee crisis explained: Syria's chemical attacks, the Iraq war and why we've reached a tipping point [...]
Greek election 2015: How did we get here and what next?

September 19, 2015

Tomorrow the Greek people will go to the polls to cast their vote on who will lead their country, after months of negotiations with international creditors that resulted in a bailout, further austerity and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calling the snap election. The backstory On joining the Euro some nine years prior in 2001, [...]
Landlords found “ripping off” tenants should face stronger sentencing, says the Local Government Association

September 19, 2015

Councils should have greater powers to fight rouge landlords found taking advantage of residents that are struggling to find “decent housing in the private rented sector”, the Local Government Authority has said. The rogue landlords need to face “stronger sentencing, tougher license conditions and potential blacklisting”, the LGA said in a statement. LGA housing spokesman [...]
First Great Western apologise to customers for underestimating need for services during World Cup game

September 19, 2015

Train company First Great Western has issued an apology after acknowledging it did not prepare a sufficient amount of service to take customers to Cardiff for a world cup game. https://twitter.com/FGW/status/645178705980063744 Rugby fans at Paddington were attempting to travel to Cardiff to a rugby world cup match between Ireland and Canada, held at the Millennium [...]
Scottish independence: Low oil prices would have been of benefit to an independent Scotland

September 17, 2015

On 18 September 2014 Scottish voters threw away the opportunity to take control of their own destiny by rejecting the idea of breaking away from the overpowering influence of Westminster. The reasons for the "no" vote are many and varied. But fear was high on the list of factors as many pensioners were consistently reminded [...]
Scottish independence: A yes vote would have plunged Scotland into a deep depression

September 17, 2015

The first anniversary of the Scottish referendum on independence seems a useful point at which to take stock of the economic issues that would be facing an independent Scotland if it had voted ‘Yes’ in the referendum. There were two key strands to the Scottish National Party’s economic strategy which indicate that a Yes vote [...]
General Election 2015 campaign costs explained: Where do smaller political parties spend their money?

September 16, 2015

While campaign spending for a number of parties including the Conservatives and Labour reaches the 10s of millions of pounds in the build-up to the General Election, a number of parties spend significantly less. Data released by the Electoral Commission, the independent party funding watchdog, today gave details to campaign expenditure of all political parties [...]
EU migrant crisis: Syrian refugees in new scheme “to arrive in UK soon”, says home secretary Theresa May

September 16, 2015

The first of the Syrian refugees the UK has pledged to accept will arrive in Britain in the “coming days”, home secretary Theresa May has said. This comes after Prime Minister David Cameron announced the UK would take 20,000 Syrian refugees in the next five years. Read more: Germany reinstates border controls and exits Schengen [...]
Prime Minister’s Questions is a British institution that deserves defending

September 16, 2015

Nothing makes the House of Commons more interesting than the mastery of political debate manifested so finely in Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). Without it, parliamentary politics would increasingly lose its appeal and uniqueness. In the era of soundbites and spin, PMQs allows our leaders to challenge each other face-to-face, unaided and under the watchful eye [...]
BBC cameraman hospitalised after apparent altercation outside Jeremy Corbyn’s home

September 16, 2015

The Department of Transport (DfT) is investigating reports of an incident yesterday in which BBC cameraman James Webb was hospitalised after an altercation outside Jeremy Corbyn's home. Footage of the incident emerged this morning. Originally it was claimed that a Corbyn aide had caused the cameraman to fall, however the person has since been identified [...]

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