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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UK paves way for war risk insurance scheme to help UK firms rebuild Ukraine

October 31, 2023

Ministers have signed a statement of intent with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in a bid to remove barriers to firms trading and investing in Ukraine.
Israel-Gaza: Keir Starmer refuses to back ceasefire

October 31, 2023

The Labour Party leader said while he “understood” the calls for both sides to lay down weapons he did “not believe that is the correct position now, for two reasons”.
Rishi Sunak urged to use AI safety summit to protect UK’s music industry

October 31, 2023

Organisation UK Music has written to the Prime Minister warning of risks to creators and the 200,000-strong sector’s “fragile” talent pipeline posed by artificial intelligence (AI).
UK’s top civil servant said Boris Johnson ‘cannot lead’, COVID inquiry WhatsApps reveal

October 30, 2023

Cabinet secretary Simon Case messaged former chief of staff Dominic Cummings while the coronavirus pandemic ripped through Britain, saying the then-Prime Minister’s behaviour left him “at the end of my tether”, the UK COVID-19 Inquiry has heard.
Government stuck in public services ‘doom loop’, top think tank warns

October 30, 2023

The government is stuck in a “doom loop” with the UK’s public services “in a dire state”, a top think tank has warned. An annual report on UK public services has forecast that almost all services, other than child social care, could perform worse in 2027-2028 when compared to pre-pandemic levels. This is due to [...]
Israel-Gaza latest: Mark Rowley calls for ‘sharper’ clarity on extremism laws

October 29, 2023

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has called for greater clarity from the government on laws policing extremism amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London during the Israel-Hamas crisis.
Government to ‘announce plans to phase out leasehold’ in King’s Speech

October 29, 2023

All new houses across England and Wales will have to be sold as freeholds, as part of a Leasehold Bill led by Michael Gove, and expected to be announced in the King's Speech, according to the Sunday Times.
MPs call on Rishi Sunak to stop delaying audit reform

October 29, 2023

A group of MPs and peers have written to the Prime Minister to call on him to include the Audit Reform Bill in King Charles’ state opening of Parliament on Wednesday, November 7.
NHS data will be safe with Palantir, boss pledges amid £500m contract bid

October 29, 2023

Chief executive and co-founder of the US tech giant Alex Karp told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg the firm would have no access to the information for its own purposes.
UK urged not to hand over territory to ‘Chinese-aligned’ Mauritius

October 27, 2023

The UK government should not cede the Chagos Islands - the site of a key naval base in the Indian Ocean - to “Chinese-aligned” Mauritius, a leading think tank has warned.

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