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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Warnings of ‘fire escape’ tax plans for wealthy Brits under Labour

June 15, 2023

Wealthy Brits are preparing “fire escape” tax plans if Labour enter government, a tax advisor has claimed. David Lesperance, an international tax adviser, told the Telegraph he is acting as a “concierge” for well-off UK residents who want to protect their wealth after the next election. It comes after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer promised [...]
Safety tech firms get £350k boost to tackle ‘plague’ of online child abuse

June 15, 2023

Safety tech firms are set to receive a £350,000 investment to help tackle the “plague” of online child abuse. Researchers have revealed UK firms boast a 25 per cent market share of the global safety tech sector, as three UK start-ups win government cash to rocket power their innovation. Tech minister Paul Scully said: “The [...]
PMQs sketch: All the fun of the fair for Sunak and Starmer

June 14, 2023

In the wake of Boris Johnson’s seemingly endless headline generating abilities being demonstrated again this week, it’s unsurprising Keir Starmer launched into what should have been a brutal takedown of a government fiddling while Frome (oh no, that’s already gone independent…) Stoke-on-Trent – majority of just 670 – burns. It’s just a shame the criticism [...]
Schofield affair ‘deeply inappropriate’ but ITV boss tells MPs there was no evidence

June 14, 2023

Phillip Schofield’s affair with a young male colleague on This Morning was “deeply inappropriate”, the ITV chief executive has told MPs. Dame Carolyn McCall faced questions from MPs about Schofield’s exit during Wednesday morning’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee session in Parliament. She said the “imbalance of power… dynamics” made the relationship “deeply inappropriate”, and [...]
Police get powers to end Just Stop Oil slow marching: ‘The public are sick of disruption’

June 14, 2023

Police are set to get controversial new powers to stop groups like Just Stop Oil holding ‘slow walking’ protests. Government measures to make it easier to tackle disruptive protests have been approved, after a bid by Greens in the House of Lords to kill off the law was defeated by 154 to 68. Cops will [...]
Women ‘key’ to growth but are leading just 12 per cent of FTSE 250 firms

June 13, 2023

Women are at the helm of just 47 FTSE 250 firms – just 12 per cent – despite holding “the key to economic growth”, Labour’s Anneliese Dodds has warned. The shadow women and equalities secretary told the Financial Times Women in Business summit that her party was “pro-business” and would “back women” in business from [...]
CBI: New boss Rain Newton-Smith refuses to budge on membership figures before exodus

June 13, 2023

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is still insisting on keeping its prior membership figures under wraps in the wake of a scandal which saw it face a fight for its very future. CBI director-general Rain Newton-Smith refused to disclose the number of members her organisation had boasted prior to a sexual harassment crisis which [...]
What we learned from Keir Starmer on AI, Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon

June 13, 2023

Keir Starmer hit the stage at London Tech Week this morning to mount Labour’s charm offensive on the great and good of London tech. Starmer’s address to the conference followed a major presence from top Tory figures yesterday, with talks from both Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt. Speaking on the main stage in Westminster, the [...]
Risk aversion is ‘endemic’ in UK, pensions chief warns

June 13, 2023

The UK is in the grip of “endemic” risk aversion when it comes to investment, a pensions chief executive has warned yesterday. Tracy Blackwell, chief executive of Pensions Insurance Corporation, said the country needed to embrace the risk of the markets and look to divert capital into more productive areas of the economy. “How we [...]
AI can help capital tackle climate threat, Sadiq Khan says

June 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be deployed to help London tackle the threat from climate change, Sadiq Khan has said. The mayor of London has launched a review exploring how data and technology can help the capital thrive in a changing environment. At the opening of London Tech Week on Monday, Khan outlined how blistering heatwaves [...]

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