By: Mauricio Alencar

Politics and Economics Reporter Maurício Alencar is City AM’s Politics and Economics Reporter. He covers the state's relationship with the City of London and UK business, jumping between Westminster and the Square Mile. He picks up all stories on UK economics data ranging from inflation to immigration, as well as the Bank of England, the Treasury, business surveys, and all stories important or interesting to the decision-makers. He used to cover sports, foreign news and home news at various publications – plus investigations, which he plans to continue to pursue.

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Rachel Reeves takes dig at Andy Burnham over bond markets

September 26, 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government was reliant on bond traders as part of an effort to fix “precarious” public finances in a pointed dig at Labour’s Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. In a panel discussion in front of an audience of centre-left figures on Friday, Reeves struck a defiant tone against mooted criticism she [...]
UK population: High migration drives near record growth

September 26, 2025

The UK population increased by 755,300 in the year to mid-2024, marking the second-largest annual rise in over 75 years, mainly due to high net migration. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) stated that the UK population had reached 69,281,400, with England experiencing a larger increase than other nations. Net migration reached 738,700 over the 12 months [...]
Keir Starmer unveils ‘Brit card’ to tackle illegal migration

September 26, 2025

The UK government will introduce a mandatory digital ID card – labelled the ‘Brit card’ – in a bid to make Whitehall more efficient and take control of illegal work by some migrants as Keir Starmer said the country had to take on “the politics of predatory grievance”. The Prime Minister announced plans on Friday [...]
Brits get poorer amid high inflation and soaring taxes

September 25, 2025

British families saw their incomes drop in real terms last year when household sizes are taken into account, official data has shown, with high inflation and tax demands squeezing people’s finances. The Office for National Statistics has revealed that equivalised original income for UK households dropped by £1,400 in real terms because salaries did not [...]
Farage confronts ‘dinosaur’ Bailey on Bank’s independence

September 25, 2025

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage and Richard Tice challenged Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey on Treasury losses from quantitative tightening (QT) at a showdown meeting on Thursday morning, with market instability partly caused by the programme and stablecoins regulation raised as subjects of discussion. Farage and Tice sat down with the Bank of England Governor [...]
Labour’s mixed messages ‘confuses’ UK government procurement

September 24, 2025

The UK government’s £400bn procurement budget used to deliver on key policies and projects has been squandered due to Labour’s mixed messaging on its priorities, a new report exclusively shared with City AM has suggested. The state spends billions of pounds a day for public services, with everything from IT software to fighter jets and [...]
Nigel Farage rows back on key migration pledges

September 24, 2025

Nigel Farage has appeared to row back on key aspects of his legal migration pledges amid mounting questions over whether his figures stand up as well as fierce criticism from top lawyers and researchers on the viability of his plan to end Indefinite Leave to Remain. The Reform UK leader told LBC on Wednesday morning [...]
Pat McFadden says lifting two-child benefit cap must be budgeted

September 24, 2025

Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has conceded that any plans to lift the two-child benefit cap must be “budgeted” amid growing calls from key Labour figures for the Tory-era policy to be scrapped. McFadden warned Labour backbenchers that any commitment to lift the cap would have to be funded by higher government revenue. “Everything [...]
Rachel Reeves urged to reconsider Labour manifesto tax pledges

September 24, 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned that tweaking small levies and relying on the wealthy to contribute to the state would hinder growth as another prominent report has called for Labour manifesto commitments to be reversed. In a report by the Institute for Government (IfG), Labour strategists were criticised for the party’s “original sin” of [...]
Ed Davey claims Farage will make UK ‘Trump’s America’

September 23, 2025

Ed Davey told Lib Dem members that Nigel Farage would make the UK “Trump’s America” if he were elected prime minister, with claims that Reform would destroy the NHS and roll back gun laws among the main messages made by the Liberal Dem’s leader in his conference speech. Speaking to the party faithful in Bournemouth, [...]

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