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 referendum: Britain Stronger in Europe and Vote Leave given official designation by the Electoral Commission ahead of Grassroots Out

April 13, 2016

Britain Stronger in Europe and Vote Leave have been chosen as the official campaign groups by the Electoral Commission ahead of the referendum in June. Both groups will be entitled to broadcast campaign speeches, receive a publicly funded grant of up to £600,000 and send a leaflet to each household. A higher sending limit of £7m is imposed [...]
EU referendum: Citi the latest bank to give six figure sum to the Remain campaign

April 13, 2016

Citigroup has become the latest bank to ply the pro-EU camp with a six figure sum, ahead of the referendum this summer. Citi is the fourth US bank to hand a cash sum to campaign group Britain Stronger in Europe, after Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley all donated. A Britain Stronger in Europe spokesperson [...]
EU referendum: Unison joins Unite and GMB in urging members to back Remain

April 13, 2016

Unison has become the latest union to officially back Remain ahead of the EU referendum, in a huge blow to Leave campaigners. After overcoming "its doubts", the union will encourage its 1.3m members to back continued EU membership, after over 78 per cent of its branches wanted the union to take a stance and 95 per [...]
PMQs today: Prime Minister David Cameron grilled by Jeremy Corbyn on tax transparency as he confirms he will remain PM if UK votes for Brexit

April 13, 2016

Prime Minister David Cameron came under pressure this week from Jeremy Corbyn, who probed heavily on tax affairs in the wake of the Panama papers. Cameron had to admit his original plans to get the overseas territories and crown dependencies, including the British Virgin Islands, to have public registers have been shelved. Cameron said that there [...]
EU referendum: “Talk to Gran” campaign launched by pro-Remain group

April 13, 2016

A pro-EU group has launched its "Talk to Gran" campaign in an effort to shore up support from older generations by asking younger voters to try and sway their grandparents. Britain Stronger in Europe, the pro-Remain campaign, wants its younger supporters to send postcards to their older relatives telling them why they are voting for continued [...]
Tube strike: London underground workers threaten industrial action in housing project battle

April 13, 2016

A fresh battle is brewing after London Underground workers threatened to strike over a housing project battle which would result in a Tube depot being demolished. The RMT Union said the at 400 maintenance engineers have been "caught in the middle of a mad dash by mayor Boris Johnson to bulldoze through the demolition of whole [...]
EU referendum: Brexit not likely to lead to fall in immigration

April 13, 2016

Life outside the EU will not be an apocalypse and it will not be a utopia, but there would likely be a small negative economic result from Brexit and immigration may not fall, according to new research. A report from think tank Open Europe states that "there is growing evidence that there would be a [...]
UK immigration: Why are EU citizens coming to the UK?

April 13, 2016

As the EU referendum approaches and the debate intensifies, immigration remains a key battleground for both camps. And while Prime Minister David Cameron has said that his reforms on migrants claiming benefits will reduce the pull factor for those from the EU, a new report states that it is employment opportunities that is the biggest [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Where do Zac Goldsmith, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Caroline Pidgeon and Peter Whittle stand on housing?

April 13, 2016

With 22 days left to go until London elects its next mayor, each candidate is out vying for votes across the capital. To get those votes candidates have been going to battle on a range of issues. But none is more prevalent than housing. Polling of those who live in London shows that housing is identified as [...]
London mayoral election 2016: The best bits of the one-on-one between Conservative Zac Goldsmith and Labour’s Sadiq Khan

April 12, 2016

Neither Sadiq Khan nor Zac Goldsmith pulled any punches in City A.M.'s mayoral hustings, where the candidates traded blows on stage across a range of key issues. Here are the best bits. On the campaign trail Zac Goldsmith had this to say: In recent days Sadiq Khan has accused my campaign of being islamophobic …. Sadiq I have [...]

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