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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Ruth Davidson to back Theresa May for Conservative leader

July 7, 2016

Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson is to back home secretary Theresa May in the leadership race, once there are two candidates left in the race, City A.M. understands. Davidson, who led the Tories to second place in the Scottish parliamentary elections in May, will back her irrespective of whom she ends up against, the Telegraph first [...]
Chilcot report: Prime Minister Tony Blair says he did not make commitment to US to go to war after “I will be with you, whatever” memo

July 7, 2016

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that he did not give any assurances to the US that he would go to war with them come what may, the day after the Chilcot report was released. In his first interview after the inquiry was published, Blair said that "no decision to go to war had been taken" after a [...]
Conservative leadership contest: Candidates to be whittled down to the final two

July 7, 2016

The Conservative leadership contenders will be whittled down to two today after the final ballot of MPs. Theresa May continues to not only lead, but dominate, in support among Tory MPs, with Leadsom thought to be in second place. Michael Gove, who is widely considered to have betrayed Boris Johnson, is vying to make it through to the final stage, [...]
Sports Direct share price jumps as it calls its financial year “disappointing” as pre-tax profit plummets

July 7, 2016

Sports Direct delivered, in its own words, a disappointing year, pushing its sales up by just 0.6 per cent Its share price jumped over 11 per cent in early morning trade on the results, which were actually better than many expected. The figures Sports Direct posted group revenue of £2.9bn for the year ended 24 [...]
Chilcot report: Sir John says UK chose invasion before peaceful options had been exhausted while Tony Blair defends decision

July 6, 2016

Failures in the intelligence, planning and execution of the Iraq War were laid bare today when the Chilcot Inquiry was published. The 2.6m word report found the government had failed to meet objectives, intelligence was flawed and post-conflict consequences were not properly considered. While not making a legal judgement, Sir John Chilcot said: "We have concluded that [...]
PMQs today: Jeremy Corbyn pressures David Cameron to admit the “fiscal rule is dead”

July 6, 2016

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today asked David Cameron to admit the fiscal rule has been abandoned. "Will [Cameron] now confirm that the chancellor's fiscal rule is dead?" Corbyn asked, after having grilled the Prime Minister on regional investment having fallen. Corbyn asked if it was time to admit austerity was a failure and it was time [...]
Chilcot report: What are the key takes?

July 6, 2016

The long-awaited, 2.6 million-word Chilcot report was published this morning, giving a comprehensive verdict on the UK's decision to go to war in Iraq. Yesterday Sir John Chilcot said: "The main expectation that I have is that it will not be possible in future to engage in a military or indeed a diplomatic endeavour on such a [...]
Labour donor entices rebels with millions to defect over Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership

July 6, 2016

A Labour donor has said he will give rebels millions of pounds to defect amid concerns that the party can no longer provide effective opposition. Dr Assem Allam, who has donated more than half a million pounds to Labour, has said he fears Labour will never be be able to recover after Corbyn's leadership turned [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Barack Obama takes the stage with Hillary Clinton as Donald Trump says her private email put “country in danger”

July 6, 2016

President Barack Obama took to the stage with Democrat Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton last night to urge voters to support her on the same day the FBI cleared her over her personal email system use. While Obama said he was ready to "pass the baton" on to his former secretary of state, rival Donald Trump [...]
Sterling falls to a 31-year low while gold jumps amid ongoing Brexit concerns

July 6, 2016

The British pound fell to fresh 31-year lows against the dollar and multi-year lows against a host of other currencies this morning. After closing two per cent lower at $1.3022 yesterday, it hurtled to break through the $1.30 barrier again this morning for the first time since 1985. It hit a new low of $1.2798, though [...]

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