By: Lynsey Barber

I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, covering everything from happenings at Apple and Google to the latest London startup. In particular fintech, blockchain, artifical intelligence, driverless cars, virtual reality and the sharing economy get me out of bed in the morning. I'm always trying to illustrate stories with pictures of dogs. Sometimes with some success. I was named technology journalist of the year at the UK Tech Awards.

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Hackney voting issues: Diane Abbott slams Hackney voter registration chaos “a disgrace”

May 7, 2015

Hackney MP Diane Abbott has slammed the local council's handling of polling in the borough as hundreds of voters turning out to cast their ballot in the General Election have been told they are not registered to vote. Abbott, who is defending her seat in Hackney North and Stoke Newington, called the situation a disgrace. [...]
Hackney voting issues: Registration problems leave at least 100 residents unable to vote as polls open on day of General Election

May 7, 2015

A technical error with the government's new online voter registration system has left at least a hundred residents in Hackney unable to vote as polls opened this morning, despite registering on time. Many more who completed their registration before the 20 April cut-off date, but were not registered due to a backlog, were left unable [...]
General Election 2015: Quiz – How well do you know your election gaffes?

May 7, 2015

As the campaign trail comes to an end today, the party leaders are likely breathing a sigh of relief and giving themselves a pat on the back for overcoming the trials, tribulations and many potential pitfalls which litter the road to Number 10. In an age where hawk-eyed political types are watching the every move, [...]
General Election 2015: Polls open as millions expected to cast vote in tightest race for decades

May 7, 2015

Polling has begun in one of the most difficult to call General Elections in recent history. More than 50m people are registered to vote and are expected to have voted by the time polling stations close across the country at 10pm tonight. The tightly fought race still has the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck in [...]
Watch: How election night (and the next morning) will unfold as constituencies declare across the country – from the first seat in Sunderland South to the last in St Ives

May 6, 2015

It feels like everything has been building up to the one day when the country casts its vote. However, the crucial part of the General Election comes slightly later after votes have been cast, when each of the UK's 650 constituencies declares the much-anticipated result. As ballots are counted, checks made and rules followed, the announcements [...]
“Wanton vandal” developers must rebuild demolished Carlton Tavern pub brick by brick

May 6, 2015

A historic west London pub which was demolished by over-zealous developers without permission will have to be painstakingly rebuilt brick by brick after London planners slammed their "flagrant disregard" of planning rules. Westminster council called the developers "wanton architectural vandals" and ruled they must rebuild the historic Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale within 18 months [...]
Europe’s digital single market 16 point plan unveiled: What is it, what does it mean, why does it matter?

May 6, 2015

Europe wants to build a digital single market – and now it has a 16-point plan of how it's going to make that happen. What is it? The European Commission intends to bring a whole number of markets that are digital, from ebooks to parcel delivery and video on demand to VAT, in line with [...]
“Flash crash” trader Navinder Singh Sarao can’t pay £5m bail because his assets have been frozen

May 6, 2015

The British trader accused of causing the U.S. 2010 flash crash cannot pay his £5m bail because U.S. authorities have frozen his assets, a court heard today. Navinder Sarao, who was arrested on 21 April and charged with 22 counts of illegal trading activities, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court this morning for a scheduled bail [...]
General Election 2015: This is what happens to markets when there’s a hung parliament

May 6, 2015

With just one day left of campaigning, the polls indicate there's little between the main parties, which suggests the Conservatives and Labour will still be neck and neck on the day of the General Election. With the prospect of a hung parliament, what will that do to markets? They don't like uncertainty, that's for sure. Analysis [...]
How Sainsbury’s, Tesco and even discounters Aldi and Lidl reined in property expansion plans and ended the supermarket turf wars

May 6, 2015

In the never-ending quest for growth, for decades supermarkets held a major arsenal in their weaponry – land. But not any more. Sainsbury's today revealed it took a £682m writedown on its property portfolio in another sign the decades-long land grab by supermarkets has failed to pay off. Tesco's property writedowns run into the billions [...]

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