By: Matt Kenyon

Digital Editor Matt Kenyon is City AM's Digital Editor. He oversees digital strategy for editorial, whilst writing the odd feature for the paper and co-hosting the Business As Usual podcast. You can reach him at matt.kenyon@cityam.com

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London Local Elections 2026: Who will win in Ealing?

May 6, 2026

Voters are heading to the polls in the Labour stronghold of Ealing, against a backdrop of controversial developments, an increasingly split electoral map, and a hike in council tax. In the West London borough of Ealing, Labour is defending one of its strongest majorities in London at this latest set of local elections. Back [...]
London Local Elections 2026: Who will win in Croydon?

May 6, 2026

Voters are heading to the polls in the Labour-Conservative marginal borough of Croydon, following multiple Council bankruptcies, an increasingly split electoral map, and a hike in council tax. In its last set of local elections in 2022, Croydon was a rare London local authority with an almost dead-heat between Labour and Conservatives. Both parties ended [...]
How does a Pokemon card fetch £12m? Inside the lucrative world of rare trading cards

April 30, 2026

The Pokemon and Matchattax cards you had when you were a kid could fetch big bucks now. From multi-million price tags to Premier League brand deals, Matt Kenyon digs into this unlikely new asset class. At a glance, it looked a bit like Comic Con. But in reality, Fort Knox would have been a better [...]
Economic optimism slumps to lowest level since records began

April 22, 2026

Brits’ optimism in the state of the UK economy has fallen to the lowest level since records began in a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves, with the majority expecting the situation to get even worse. That’s according to new data from the latest Ipsos Economic Optimism Index (EOI), published the same day that the rate [...]
Tube strikes: Londoners braced for RMT walkouts from next week

April 16, 2026

A series of six Tube strikes will start from next week, which have been described by Transport for London (TfL) as “completely unnecessary”. In a fresh blow to London businesses, the entire London Underground network will be disrupted for two 24-hour chunks – from midday Tuesday to Wednesday – and then the same time period [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Dollar dips amid Trump oil threats; motor finance decision expected

March 30, 2026

Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. In a fresh escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, Donald Trump has said that he wants to “take the oil in Iran”, with the US dollar taking a hit this morning. In an interview with the Financial Times, the US President said that [...]
Hike in conduct breach reports to FCA ahead of new rules rollout

March 23, 2026

There has been a substantial increase in reports of conduct breaches made to the financial watchdog, with the spotlight on City behaviour amid ongoing legal proceedings regarding the disgraced financier Crispin Odey. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) received 10 per cent more complaints in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the law firm [...]
Spring Statement Live: UK growth cut for 2026 but Reeves touts future forecasts

March 3, 2026

Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Rachel Reeves delivered her Spring Statement today, as the Office for Budget Responsibility published its updated forecasts for the years ahead. The Chancellor was handed quite a hefty blow with the UK’s growth estimate for 2026 slashed to 1.1 per cent from 1.4 per cent the year prior. [...]
‘Attention, please’: Rachel Reeves hails rail fare freeze over Liverpool Street tannoy

March 2, 2026

Commuters arriving into Liverpool Street station have been serenaded by the Chancellor’s voice today. Rachel Reeves has taken over the key City transport artery to share the news of a freeze to rail fares – the first in 30 years. In a message read out over the tannoy periodically throughout Monday, Reeves opens with: “Testing, [...]
Greens win Gorton and Denton by-election in humiliating defeat for Keir Starmer

February 27, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer has said that Labour’s defeat in the Gorton and Denton by-election is “very disappointing” and promised to “keep fighting”. The Greens won the by-election with more than 40 per cent of the vote, in a humiliating defeat for the Prime Minister. Hannah Spencer has been elected the new MP for the Greater [...]

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