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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Pfizer bans its drugs from use in lethal injections

May 14, 2016

Pfizer has become the latest pharmaceutical company to ban its drugs from use in lethal injections. The company is the last major drugs maker to ban its drugs in the use of capital punishment, meaning the open market for drugs is closed to states which still execute people. The decision has called into question the [...]
EU referendum odds: Bookmaker says the vote could be the biggest political betting event ever

May 14, 2016

The EU referendum is on course to be the biggest political betting event ever in terms of money staked, WIlliam Hill has said. Most polling indicates Remain is marginally in front ahead of the key vote on the 23 June, while bookmakers also place more likelihood on a vote to stay in the EU. The [...]
Previously unknown Roman fort found in the City of London

May 14, 2016

A previously unknown Roman fort has been found on Fenchurch Street in the City of London. Research published by archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (Mola) has revealed the fort, built in AD63 as a "direct response to the sacking of London by the native tribal Queen of the Iceni, Boudica". "The revolt razed the early Roman [...]
EU referendum: David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn get on the circuit to sell message ahead of vote

May 14, 2016

Leading politicians are out on the road today in an attempt to shore up support for their cause ahead of the EU referendum in June. Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson is set to speak in the south west, urging voters to back Brexit. Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn will be speaking on the EU, while also [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to address centrist Labour group Progess

May 14, 2016

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is to appeal to some of his harshest critics as he speaks to a centrist Labour group today in an attempt to build bridges within the party and focus frustrations on the Conservatives. Corbyn will address members of Progess, including a number of MPs, in central London today. In the speech Corbyn is [...]
Sadiq Khan tells Jeremy Corbyn to get into the habit of winning

May 14, 2016

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, just over a week into his new job, has told Labour it needs to get into "the habit of winning". Speaking after his victory over Zac Goldsmith, Khan said that Labour should study the victories of John Smith and Tony Blair, using their strategy to win the election. On the [...]
FTSE 100 narrowly avoids fourth consecutive week of decline

May 13, 2016

The FTSE 100 reversed early losses on Friday, but was held back by losses at Inmarsat and Coca Cola HBC. That's not bad for a Friday 13th. The FTSE 100 before today had closed lower on eight out of the past 11 of them. The UK's benchmark index closed at 6,138 points, with Inmarsat one of the largest fallers. While the FTSE [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan would like to “educate” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

May 13, 2016

The saga between Donald Trump and Sadiq Khan continues. The newly-elected Mayor of London has now said that he would welcome the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to London to "educate" him on Islam and its compatibility with Western values. Speaking to NBC, Khan again said Trump's views on Islam were "ignorant" and that he's "inadvertently [...]
EU referendum: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appeals to young people to back EU which he doesn’t love but UK benefits from

May 13, 2016

Historically thought of as eurosceptic, Jeremy Corbyn today appealed to younger voters to back Remain in the EU referendum while admitting that he doesn't love the EU, but the UK benefits from it. Speaking in Liverpool, Corbyn said that turnout at the General Election last year was just 47 per cent of young people who [...]
EU referendum: International businesses say Brexit would be bad for them and lead to a cut in investment

May 13, 2016

Most international businesses think the UK voting to leave the EU would be bad for them, while also leading them to cut investment in the UK, according to new data. A poll from Ipsos Mori showed that 78 per cent of the 667 companies surveyed said a Brexit vote would be negative, while just five per [...]

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