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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US Presidential Election 2016: Bernie Sanders beats Hillary Clinton in Maine as the race comes closer

March 7, 2016

Senator Bernie Sanders has overcome Hillary Clinton in the Maine caucuses, as the race between the two candidates becomes tighter. In the latest contest for the Democrat nomination, with 91 per cent of the vote counted, Sanders looks to have won 64 per cent of the vote to Clinton's 36 per cent. The victory comes after Sanders won [...]
EU migrant crisis: EU and Turkish leaders meet in Brussels for summit to tackle migrant crisis as Prime Minister David Cameron announces UK military will join Nato in Aegean Sea

March 7, 2016

Turkish and European Union leaders have met in Brussels in an attempt to tackle the migrant crisis. Last year, more than a million entered the EU by boat, mostly travelling from Turkey to Greece, with 13,000 people currently stuck on Greece's border with Macedonia. The EU has pledged €3bn (£2.3bn) to Turkey in return for housing [...]
EU referendum: Mayor of London Boris Johnson says suspension of British Chambers of Commerce director general is “scandalous”

March 6, 2016

Pressure is mounting on the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) over the suspension of the business group’s director general John Longworth. Longworth was suspended following an emergency meeting of the BCC board on Friday, after he backed Britain leaving the European Union. “With the reforms that we have received so far, the UK would be [...]
EU referendum: Brexit would be “poison”, says German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble

March 6, 2016

The United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union would be "poison" for the UK, European and global economy, the German finance minister has warned. If the UK votes for Brexit, Wolfgang Schäuble said, "we would have years of the most difficult negotiations, which would be difficult for the EU as well. For years we would have [...]
Chinese economy: China will “absolutely not experience a hard landing” says chief economic planner Xu Shaoshi

March 6, 2016

Despite lingering concerns of a slowdown in the Chinese economy, China’s chief economic planner has said it will "absolutely not experience a hard landing". Growth forecasts for the Chinese economy have been cut, but any predictions of a hard landing are "destined to become nothing", Xu Shaoshi, head of China’s state planning agency, has said. [...]
EU referendum: Remain retakes the lead in referendum campaign, according to new poll

March 6, 2016

When Prime Minister David Cameron returned from Brussels having secured agreement on his reforms, the odds looked to be stacking up against him on whether or not he would be able to convince the British public to remain in the EU. A number of ministers came out in support of Brexit, many MPs slated his reforms [...]
US Presidential Election 2016 odds: Ted Cruz and Donald Trump looking for “one-on-one” battle, while Bernie Sanders snatches two states from Hillary Clinton in primaries and caucuses

March 6, 2016

Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have emerged from the latest round of state voting as the two frontrunners for the nomiation, leading Trump to call for a "one-on-one" battle with Cruz and urging other rivals to bow out of the race. Trump narrowly beat Cruz in Louisiana and Kentucky, while Cruz convincingly defeated [...]
FTSE 100 index closes down on Inmarsat and Whitbread results

March 3, 2016

The FTSE 100 index closed lower today as Inmarsat and Costa Coffee parent Whitbread dropped. The UK's blue-chip index fell 0.27 per cent to 6,130 points. "European markets pulled back from weekly highs as service sector data came in mixed, healthcare stocks dropped and traders pulled positions ahead of Friday’s US jobs report," said CMC Markets analyst Jasper Lawler. [...]
France and Britain agree to invest £1.5bn on a drone project as they ramp up security ties

March 3, 2016

France and the United Kingdom have sealed a £1.5bn deal to build a next-generation drone prototype as the two countries attempt to bolster security and military ties. The two allies announced they would spend the money developing next-generation ties at a French-Anglo summit in France, the first deal of its type since the tragic Paris attacks that [...]
EU referendum: Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says Mayor of London Boris Johnson is right about lack of democracy in the EU

March 3, 2016

Mayor of London Boris Johnson is right in stating the European Union has a democratic deficit, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has said. While Varoufakis wants the UK to stay in the EU, he said that when Johnson declared support for Brexit "he said, quite correctly, that Brussels is suffering from a serious lack [...]

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