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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It’s looking more like health secretary Jeremy Hunt will have to leave his job, according to bookies

April 26, 2016

Today is the first all-out doctors' strike in the NHS's history, and while health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called it a "bleak day" for the NHS, it may turn out to be bleaker still for him. Bookies now reckon that he's most likely to be the next cabinet minister to resign or lose his job. [...]
Average weekly disposable income climbed in March, according to Asda’s income tracker

April 26, 2016

The average weekly disposable income climbed to £198 per UK household in March according to Asda’s latest income tracker. Families were £12 better off year-on-year. This means that annual growth in spending power has remained above £10 for 17 consecutive months. London saw spending power rise slightly, up £14 on the same period last year. [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Zac Goldsmith says Tube passengers face conditions worse than farmyard animals as Sadiq Khan says the Tories’ “Donald Trump approach” won’t work

April 25, 2016

Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has warned commuters that they will face conditions on the Tube that would be illegal for farmyard animals unless there is further investment in the transport network. Speaking with less than two weeks until London goes to the polls to vote on Boris Johnson's successor, Goldsmith said that the situation passengers [...]
Pizza chain Zizzi to cut staff perks in wake of the National Living Wage

April 25, 2016

Zizzi's staff have had their perks cut as the National Living Wage puts a strain on the business. The private-equity owned restaurant chain has become the latest business to respond to changes in the minimum wage. Waiting staff have had their free meal choices limited while a cap has been imposed on how much they can earn from [...]
EU referendum: Influential government committee calls on civil servant to answer questions on his award-winning Brexit essay

April 25, 2016

An influential committee of MPs has called upon an official at the department for business to answer questions on the EU following the publication of his award winning essay on Brexit. The group of MPs on the Treasury Select Committee want to see the civil servant, Iain Mansfield, who wrote the essay on how Britain [...]
Taylor Wimpey purchases plots from Land Securities at Ebbsfleet Garden City

April 25, 2016

Land Securities has sold over 500 plots to Taylor Wimpey at Ebbsfleet Garden City. It was announced today that FTSE 100-listed Land Securities had exchanged contracts with Taylor Wimpey for the sale of 539 residential plots at Castle Hill, which is one of three planned modern villages in the Eastern Quarry development and forms part [...]
David Cameron still viewed as the most capable leader but Jeremy Corbyn seen as more honest

April 25, 2016

Despite the Panama papers furore and the government's controversial £9m taxpayer-funded pro-EU leaflet, Britons still view David Cameron as the most capable leader. According to a new poll published by Ipsos Mori, Cameron is ahead on a variety of measures against Jeremy Corbyn, Nigel Farage and Tim Farron. Read more: Panama papers – Public don't think David [...]
EU referendum: Another union joins the Remain camp

April 25, 2016

The CWU union has today become the latest union to back the UK's continued membership of the EU in a blow to the Leave camp. The union "overwhelmingly" voted to support remaining in the EU at its annual conference. The news comes after Unison officially backed Remain ahead of the referendum earlier this month, following [...]
Tube strike: RMT says planned strikes on Piccadilly Line on Wednesday and Thursday have been suspended

April 25, 2016

The planned Tube strike on the Piccadilly Line that was scheduled to take place tomorrow and Thursday has been called off, the RMT union has announced. The strike had been organised due to overwhelming support for a strike after a "comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations". The union said the strike had been suspended after progress was made [...]
EU referendum: Cabinet ministers and top Conservatives clash over immigration and security

April 25, 2016

Cabinet ministers today knocked heads over key issues of immigration and security ahead of the EU referendum in June. Home secretary Theresa May said that the UK needs to "stand tall and lead in Europe" rather than leaving the EU, the home secretary has said. In her first speech ahead of the referendum in June, May said that [...]

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