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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Council trialling four-day work week ordered to ‘end experiment immediately’

July 3, 2023

A council undergoing a four-day work week trial has been ordered to stop the experiment by a minister over concerns about local residents not getting value for money. South Cambridgeshire District Council was the UK’s first local authority to launch a trial of a shorter working week for employees, and said it planned to extend [...]
Quarter of taxpayers in London and southeast stung by higher income tax

July 2, 2023

A quarter of taxpayers in London and the southeast of England now fall within the higher rate of income tax, it has been revealed. Almost 2.5m people in the capital and commuter belt constituencies now come under the 40 or 45 per cent tax bracket, analysis of HMRC data by the Liberal Democrats has shown [...]
Labour and Just Stop Oil donor says there’s “no kind of deal” on party policy

July 2, 2023

Green energy industrialist Dale Vince has denied being “an eco-zealot” as he defended his £1.5m donations to Labour. Vince told Sky News he was not seeking to influence leader Sir Keir Starmer by giving cash to the party and that there was not “some kind of deal going on”. The Ecotricity owner accused the “right [...]
Nigel Farage claims he may have to leave UK after bank accounts closed

June 29, 2023

Nigel Farage has claimed he may have to leave the UK after his bank accounts were closed. The former UKIP leader and Brexiteer today posted a six-minute long video on Twitter, stating his accounts had been closed and he was unable to secure banking services elsewhere. He wrote: “The establishment is trying to force me [...]
‘Lean in’ to artificial intelligence, education secretary urges firms

June 29, 2023

Businesses need to “lean in” to the power of artificial intelligence (AI), education secretary Gillian Keegan has said. The education secretary told City A.M. indulging in fears about AI wiping out jobs and opportunities was unproductive. Asked whether she was concerned about the impact of the new technology such as ChatGPT and Bard altering or [...]
Labour to champion green covered bonds in investment strategy, says Siddiq

June 29, 2023

Green covered bonds are set to be a key plank of Labour’s investment strategy for clean energy, Tulip Siddiq is set to tell the Square Mile today. The shadow City minister is expected to outline Labour’s strategy for the clean energy industry and how the party aims to unlock billions in investment at TheCityUK conference [...]
Dorries and Rees-Mogg ‘waged campaign to undermine’ privileges committee probe into Johnson

June 29, 2023

Boris Johnson allies Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg were among MPs who attempted to undermine the privileges committee’s investigation into the ex-prime minister. Eight current and former MPs – Dorries, Rees-Mogg, Lord Zac Goldsmith, Mark Jenkinson, Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith, Andrea Jenkyns, and Priti Patel – were involved in a “campaign waged outside Parliament… to [...]
Sony, Universal and Warner forced to explain ‘disappointing’ gender pay gaps

June 28, 2023

Representatives from Sony, Universal and Warner today were forced to explain the gender pay gaps in their companies as they were questioned by MPs in parliament. Reports on salaries at the organisations in 2022 revealed Warner had an average gender pay gap of just under 38 per cent – a slight rise on the previous [...]
Daniel Korski QUITS Tory London mayoral race

June 28, 2023

Tory London mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski has dropped out of the race to take on Sadiq Khan for City Hall following an allegation of historic sexual assault. Korski, who has seen support drain away after TV producer Daisy Goodwin accused him of groping her breast during a meeting in No10 a decade ago, announced the [...]
Tories won’t probe groping claim against London mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski

June 27, 2023

The Conservative Party has indicated it won’t open an investigation into an allegation of sexual assault by Tory mayoral candidate Daniel Korski. The party told the PA news agency that it “does not conduct investigations where the party would not be considered to have primary jurisdiction”. Daisy Goodwin, a TV producer and novelist, wrote in [...]

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