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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Pay boost for 2m workers as Hunt to confirm living wage rises to £11 an hour

October 2, 2023

Workers could see their pay packets feel heavier as Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a rise in the national living wage to at least £11 an hour.
Brexit not end of the City, Badenoch to insist

October 2, 2023

Brexit is not the end of the City of London, Kemi Badenoch is expected to say in a speech at Conservative Party conference. Business and trade secretary Badenoch is set to rail against critics “relentlessly wanting to talk down our country” and will claim: “Our political opponents are obsessed with viewing every problem as Brexit.” [...]
Normal service resumed? CBI boss tells corporate Britain she’s turned the page on scandal

October 2, 2023

Rain Newton-Smith is well respected in the City but scandals and questions over its long-term utility have left the CBI in a pinch
Investing in women could boost UK economy by £250bn, MP to say

October 1, 2023

Investing in women at the same rate as men could create £250bn in new value for the UK economy, Harriett Baldwin is set to say. The former City minister and now chair of the Treasury select committee will tell the WVC:E summit that inequality between investment in men and women is unacceptable. Baldwin is expected [...]
UK signs pact on hydrogen development with Germany

September 27, 2023

The UK has partnered with Germany to advance hydrogen development in a bid to boost international trade, jobs and investment. Energy efficiency and green finance minister Lord Martin Callanan visited the European country to sign the agreement with Germany’s state energy secretary Philip Nimmermann. At the UK embassy in Berlin, the two nations agreed to [...]
Tower Hamlets bin strike branded ‘health hazard’ brought to an end

September 26, 2023

A Tower Hamlets bin strike branded a “health hazard” has been brought to an end after workers reached an agreement with the council. Refuse had piled up for days in the east London borough , with furious residents slamming the state of the streets as “ridiculous”, a “health hazard” and an “ongoing rat buffet”. But [...]
Sunak looks to control HS2 costs as backlash grows against plan to cut back project

September 26, 2023

Rishi Sunak is reportedly aiming to control the spiralling cost of the HS2 railway line project, which could reach over £100bn.
Labour vows to overhaul apprenticeship levy to improve skills and growth

September 25, 2023

Labour has pledged to reform the apprenticeship levy in a bid to encourage firms to improve their employees' skills.
Lib Dems chase ‘blue wall’ voters by scrapping plan to raise income tax by 1p

September 25, 2023

The Liberal Democrats have dropped their plans to raise income tax by 1p in a bid to woo Conservative voters in so-called blue wall seats during the cost of living crisis. Leader Sir Ed Davey told the BBC he ruled out tax rises even on the wealthiest as his party seeks to target former Tories [...]
Scrapping HS2 risks wrecking future UK infrastructure, top Tories warn Sunak

September 25, 2023

The government risks wrecking the UK’s future infrastructure projects if it goes ahead with “in effect scrapping” the HS2 railway line. Former Chancellor George Osborne and Tory grandee Lord Heseltine have warned Rishi Sunak that failing to complete HS2 would be “an act of huge economic self-harm”. It follows widespread reports the government is considering [...]

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