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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Jeremy Corbyn v David Cameron at first PMQs: A more “adult” discussion from Labour’s new leader

September 16, 2015

The eagerly-awaited showdown between Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron was surprising in its timidity. Corbyn, previously promising a different kind of Prime Minister's Questions, was met by a Cameron willing to accommodate what Corbyn called a "more adult way". Corbyn began by recanting how he previously sent an email asking people to submit questions to [...]
EU referendum: Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters want him to campaign for staying in European Union

September 16, 2015

Almost 60 per cent of Jeremy Corbyn's supporters want him to campaign to stay in the European Union and almost a quarter of want the UK to remain a member of the EU. A new YouGov poll of 1,130 people found that 57 per cent of Corbyn supporters want the new Labour leader to follow [...]
New “shopping tax” will cost taxpayers £1.5bn over a decade, says the TaxPayers’ Alliance

September 16, 2015

The government’s plan to introduce a mandatory charge for plastic bags will cost taxpayers £1.5bn over a decade, according to new research from the TaxPayers’ Alliance. The plan, which comes into effect next month, means all large retailers will have to add a 5p fee to shopping bills. Read more: Why EU plastic bag rules [...]
Who will be the first of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet to resign?

September 15, 2015

It may only be three days since Jeremy Corbyn decisively won the Labour leadership election, and a day after his shadow cabinet was announced, but dividing lines are already being drawn by Corbyn’s new front bench. New deputy leader Tom Watson has said there is “zero chance of a coup”, but having a new leader [...]
Where have politicians raised their money from? Donations to Consevative, Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs

September 15, 2015

Donations to holders of elected offices, members’ associations and members of registered parties reached over £3m over the last year, according to figures published by the Electoral Commission, the independent party funding watchdog. In total, £3,035,525.91 was donated between 1 September 2014 – 31 August 2015, compared to £2,289,262,62 for the same period a year [...]
Labour leadership 2015: How much campaign money Jeremy Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall raised and where from

September 15, 2015

To run a successful political campaign you need a lot of things: perseverance, staff, a coherent message. But you also need money. Jeremy Corbyn is now extremely likely to be crowned as Labour leader on Saturday, with polls and bookmakers alike putting him streets ahead. But the veteran Islington North MP actually had the fewest [...]
Scottish independence: The business and political climate in Scotland is calling for more control and more independence

September 15, 2015

Here we are a year on, looking into several crystal balls in terms of how Tory austerity will impact Scotland ever more and how businesses can survive. The environment we now face leads on from the referendum campaign that set a fire under Scotland’s traditional tribal politics. Everywhere you went, there was a conversation going [...]
Europe’s refugee crisis explained: Syria’s chemical attacks, the Iraq war and why we’ve reached a tipping point

September 15, 2015

Parliament returned this week. The government suffered its first defeat to a cross-party consensus which is insisting on fair rules for the European Union referendum, but this is not the big news. The migration crisis dominates, but the reasons for this crisis raise massive and existential questions for our country, for Europe and for global [...]
Scottish independence: Alistair Darling tells David Cameron to agree to second referendum

September 15, 2015

If Scots want a second independence referendum, they should be given it, Alistair Darling has told David Cameron. Darling, who led the Better Together campaign last year, said there did not appear to be any desire for a second referendum, but if appetite among voters did grow, it would be “daft to deny them”. Speaking [...]
MPs’ expenses scandal list: IPSA names, shames then writes off debt of 25 MPs who failed to pay back, mistakenly names Conservative MP Edward Timpson

September 12, 2015

Update 12/09/2015: The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) has apologised after mistakenly including Conservative MP Edward Timpson in a list of 26 current and former MPs who had debts written off after they failed to pay back of up to £500. Read more: MPs handed 10 per cent pay rise to £74,000 despite David Cameron’s objections [...]

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