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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Post Office chairman asked for CEO’s pay to be doubled, MPs told

February 28, 2024

The former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton urged ministers to double CEO Nick Read's pay to prevent him quitting, MPs have been told.
Spring Budget 2024: What do ‘the five families’ of Tory MPs want to see Jeremy Hunt announce?

February 28, 2024

For Conservative MPs, Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget, represents a chance to reverse their party's fortunes and appeal to voters with 'real' Tory-ism.
Post Office: Former chairman claims CEO was ‘set to resign over pay’

February 27, 2024

The chief executive of the Post Office is under investigation amounting to an “80-page” dossier and was close to quitting as he was “unhappy with the salary”, the former chairman Henry Staunton has claimed in a bombshell evidence session.
Post Office chief doesn’t ‘believe’ ex-chair Staunton’s payment delay claim is ‘true’

February 27, 2024

Post Office chief executive Nick Read has told MPs he doesn’t “believe” former chairman Henry Staunton’s claim he was told to delay Horizon compensation payments is “true”.
Horizon campaigner Alan Bates says Britain should sell ‘dead duck’ Post Office to Amazon for £1

February 27, 2024

A campaigner at the centre of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has urged the government to sell the “dead duck” organisation to “someone like Amazon for £1”.
Spring Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt expected to announce new tax on vaping

February 27, 2024

Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a new tax on vaping products at next week’s Budget.
Piers Corbyn is going to run for London mayor: here’s why that could be a problem for Sadiq Khan

February 26, 2024

British elections wouldn’t be the same without the delightfully crank candidates such as Count Binface and the Monster Raving Loony Party.
Why is public spending central to Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget decisions?

February 26, 2024

Researchers warned funding for “crowd pleasing” tax cuts “rests in large part on major cuts to public spending pencilled in after the next election”.
Kemi Badenoch wants trade ‘barriers torn down’ at Abu Dhabi summit

February 26, 2024

Kemi Badenoch is promoting tariff-free trade at a global summit in Abu Dhabi in a bid to see “more barriers torn down”.
‘Not for EU’ food labelling plans already affecting investment in UK manufacturing

February 23, 2024

Plans to introduce ‘not for EU’ labelling on food products across the whole of the UK is already “having an impact on investment”, one expert has warned.

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