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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EU migrant crisis: More than 10,000 Londoners to protest by marching from Marble Arch to 10 Downing Street on Saturday 12 September on refugee crisis

September 11, 2015

More than 10,000 Londoners are going to march from Marble Arch to Downing Street as part of a national day of action to urge the government to accept more refugees into the UK. The march will start at 12pm, with protesters being told to meet at an assembly point in Marble Arch, before walking towards [...]
432,761 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean in 2015, more than doubling total for 2014

September 11, 2015

A total of 432,761 people crossed the Mediterranean so far in 2015, according to data released today. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that over double the amount of people who made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean in 2014 have already made the journey in 2015. Read more: How much would it cost [...]
Sadiq Khan beats favourite Tessa Jowell to become Labour’s 2016 London mayoral nomination indicating potential landslide victory for Jeremy Corbyn in Labour’s leadership election

September 11, 2015

Tooting MP Sadiq Khan has won the Labour mayoral candidate race, beating other contenders including favourite Tessa Jowell. Khan, who served in the shadow cabinet under Ed Miliband, beat Jowell in the fifth round with 58.9 per cent of votes against Jowell's 41.1 per cent. A total of 87,954 people voted. David Lammy and Dianne [...]
Tessa Jowell to become next Mayor of London, according to analysis of polls

September 11, 2015

Dame Tessa Jowell is the only Labour candidate that can overcome Conservative Zac Goldsmith, an analysis of polls showed today. A number of YouGov surveys on the mayoral contest has put Labour four points ahead of the Conservatives overall, on 42 per cent against 38 per cent. And, in total, 17 per cent of respondents believed [...]
JD Wetherspoon hits out at government’s Living Wage

September 11, 2015

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has become the most recent in a series of companies to hit out at the government’s Living Wage. In the company’s preliminary yearly results, the pub chain said the government is putting pubs under financial strain. Read more: National living wage – All businesses will end up paying it – but [...]
Challenger bank boss Cyrus Ardalan says surcharge does not fulfil objectives as government urged to reconsider policy

September 11, 2015

Challenger banks are to meet Treasury officials later today in order to pile pressure on the chancellor to reverse the bank surcharge he is imposing. George Osborne has opted for a bank surcharge of eight per cent on profits over £25m, which challenger banks and building societies say will harm their operations. Chairman of Oaknorth [...]
MPs’ expenses: Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham has claimed most out all MPs so far this financial year

September 10, 2015

Somewhat fortunately for Andy Burnham, the Labour leadership vote is now closed. Why? Because so far in this financial year he has claimed more expenses than any other MP in Westminster. In total he claimed £18,122.65 since April, according to data released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. Read more: Can geography tell us if [...]
Dixons Carphone share price rises two per cent as it hails strong start to the year

September 10, 2015

Dixons Carphone is still going from strength to strength, as it consolidates its position in the sector following last year's merger. Dixons Carphone share price rose two per cent in mid-morning trading on the news. The figures Dixons Carphone reported group like-for-like revenues up eight per cent for the first quarter of the year ending [...]
EU migrant crisis: Londoners organise a march on Downing Street to urge government to welcome refugees

September 10, 2015

A march on Downing Street has been organised for next week by Londoners who want to push the government to accept more refugees into the UK. The event on 12 September has been called in response to “various reports of refugees fleeing war, persecution, torture and poverty, losing their lives or struggling to find a [...]
Chinese economy: Premier Li Keqiang says China will reach economic targets

September 10, 2015

China is on track to meet its economic targets for the year, despite fears of slowdown, the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, Li said there was not a risk of a hard landing due to government actions, despite a series of poor economic data and [...]

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