By: Jessica Frank-Keyes

Political Reporter Political Reporter Jessica Frank-Keyes is the political reporter at CityAM. She covers Westminster politics, City Hall, Labour and the Conservative party.

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General Election 2024: Hunt accuses Starmer of ‘flip-flopping’ on VAT hike

May 30, 2024

The Tories and Labour are embroiled in a row over VAT after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt accused Keir Starmer’s party of “flip-flopping” over tax policy.
Labour pledges to increase police numbers to tackle rising street crime

May 30, 2024

Labour is pledging to put more police on the streets in a bid to tackle rising street crime, which they say has gone up under the Tories.
Labour warned promise to clear NHS backlog ‘highly stretching’

May 29, 2024

Labour have been warned their pledge to clear the NHS backlog within five years will prove “highly stretching” and “no easy feat” by economists and policy experts.
Election 2024: Sunak wants to ‘scrap rip off degrees in favour of 100K apprenticeships’

May 29, 2024

Rishi Sunak has pledged to scrap “rip-off degrees” in favour of creating 100,000 more apprenticeships, in his latest election policy announcement.
General election 2024: Will the polls narrow?

May 29, 2024

Polls often narrow as the date of an election draws near. If the gap shrinks this time round, will it mean Labour won't be able to secure the thumping majority it desires? Jessica Frank-Keyes takes a closer look
Election 2024: Starmer defends ‘fantastic’ business endorsements against criticisms

May 28, 2024

Keir Starmer has defended his “fantastic” list of business endorsements against criticisms that it lacks FTSE 100 CEOs and appears to endorse fire and rehire.
Election 2024: UK crises made worse by ‘Conservative choices’, Reeves says

May 28, 2024

The UK’s “unique exposure” to economic crises “can only be explained by choices made by Conservative governments”, Labour’s Rachel Reeves has argued.
Election 2024: Rachel Reeves to pledge ‘most pro-growth Treasury in history’

May 27, 2024

Rachel Reeves will pledge to “lead the most pro-growth Treasury in our country’s history”, if elected as Chancellor on July 4.
Election 2024: Starmer and Reeves to lean on private sector to fund infrastructure plan

May 27, 2024

Labour will reportedly utilise private finance to fund key national infrastructure schemes, if the party is elected into government.
Election 2024: Campaign staff will ‘make mistakes’, Tory HQ boss admits after email slip

May 27, 2024

Conservative campaign staff are “going to make mistakes”, the Tory party chairman has admitted in the wake of a leaked CCHQ email blaming MPs for the poor start to the race.

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