Skip to content
City AM
Main navigation
Download free app
  • News
    • News
      • Latest Business News
      • Economics
      • Politics
      • Tech
      • Banking
      • FTSE 100 Live
      • Retail
      • Insurance
      • Legal
      • Property
      • Transport
      • Markets
    • From our partners
      • AON
      • Bayes Business School
      • City of London BIDs
      • Central London Alliance CIC
      • Destination City
      • Halkin
      • Olympia
      • Inside Saudi
      • Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
      • Santander X
      • YEAR SIX Dividend
    • Featured

      MPs press competition watchdog to probe live music industry’s ‘dominant’ firms

      CMA probes Ticketmaster over Oasis tickets

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Opinion
  • Sport
    • Latest Sports News
      • Sport
      • Sport Business
      • The Punter
    • From our partners
      • The Morning Briefing: SBS x City AM
      • Aramco Team Series
      • LIV Golf
    • Featured

      What drinking alcohol at football could tell us about sporting fandom

      Male fan in a yellow, red, and blue jersey drinks from a can, with a flag painted on his cheek, holding a phone.

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Life&Style
    • Life&Style
      • Life&Style
      • Toast the City Awards
      • The Magazine
      • Travel
      • Culture
      • Motoring
      • Wellness
      • City AM Puzzles
      • The RED BULLETiN
      • Do it with Shared Ownership
      • Media Speak Hub
    • Featured

      Is this Europe’s weirdest holiday? Bog swimming in Estonia

      Aerial view of a misty Estonian bog at sunrise with sunlight streaming through trees onto small pools

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Investec
  • Events
  • Pension Report
  • Newsletters
  • Latest Paper

By: Sam Hall

All 4 Articles
  • Reform’s plans to scrap next zero would cost investors and push up taxes

    Opinion

    Far from saving money, Reform’s plans to scrap net zero would deter private investment that is already committed and cost more in the long-run. Proof, if it were needed, that Nigel Farage’s party has abandoned all pretence at economic credibility, says Sam Hall With his announcements on benefits this week, Nigel Farage has abandoned any [...]

    Nigel Farage
  • Writing off net zero? Kemi Badenoch mustn’t fall into Reform’s trap

    Opinion

    Kemi Badenoch is right to question the path to net zero, but pandering to Reform and writing it off will get us nowhere, writes Sam Hall.

    The Conservative leader has predicted that this year’s vote will be “very bad” for the Tories compared to votes four years ago.
  • If money’s tight, why waste it on futile GB Energy?

    Opinion

    The fiscal pain of this budget will be worse because of needless GB energy, writes Conservative Environment Network director Sam Hall.

    Labour leader Keir Starmer's mixed messaging on policy priorities has confused procurement teams across Whitehall, a new rpoert has indicated. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
  • GB Energy is more rooted in ‘big state’ ideology than climate ambition

    July 23, 2024

    Conservatives need to hold Labour accountable for wasting taxpayers’ money and crowding out private finance through GB Energy, writes Sam Hall

Trending Articles

  • Omaze in court over tax dispute on luxury house prize draws

  • Lidl eyes Poundland bargain as sale of discount retailer ramps up

  • ‘Absurd’: Pension savers refunded £188m after HMRC overtaxes withdrawals 

  • New inheritance tax rules will drastically change pension use

  • As it happend: FTSE 100 edges up as tech rebounds from sell-off; Oil set for weekly gain

Subscribe

Subscribe to the City AM newsletter to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.

Subscribe
  • Got a story?
  • About City AM
  • Careers
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy settings
  • News
  • Markets & Economics
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Life&Style
  • Personal Finance
  • City AM Events
  • City Winners
  • The Punter
  • Casino
  • City AM Puzzles

Follow us for breaking news and latest updates

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters
  • Advertising
  • About
  • Licensing
Copyright 2026 City AM Limited