By: Shruti Tripathi

I am City A.M.'s news editor. I love interviewing entrepreneurs, carrying out investigations through freedom of information requests and covering all the latest goings on in the world's great city, London. I started my career as an intern at LondonLovesBusiness.com in 2011 and became editor in 2015. I joined City A.M. as deputy night editor in July 2016.

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Angela Merkel: Don’t be “nasty” during Brexit talks

June 25, 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel today said "it shouldn't take forever" for Britain to deliver formal notification to leave the European Union. Speaking at a news conference, Merkel said: "To be honest, it shouldn't take forever, that's right — but I would not fight over a short period of time." The German leader called for a "objective, good" [...]
UK’s European commissioner Lord Hill resigns after Brexit vote

June 25, 2016

Lord Jonathan Hill, the UK's European commissioner, will step down from his role following Britain's decision to leave the European Union. Announcing his resignation on his website, Hill said he is "very disappointed" about the result of the referendum and said he doesn't believe it is right that he should carry on as the UK's top representative [...]
The City could lose its status as Europe’s financial hub, warns top ECB official

June 25, 2016

Britain's decision of leaving the EU could lead to the City losing its status as Europe's financial hub, a senior European Central Bank (ECB) official has warned. Villeroy de Galhau, who is the governor of France’s central bank, said the the Leave vote is "bad news for Britain" and will have "negative consequences" for the UK economy. [...]
France and Germany want a new British Prime Minister “within days” so that “they’re not left hanging”

June 25, 2016

France and Germany have called for a new British Prime Minister to be appointed as soon as possible in a meeting with the six founding countries of the European Union today. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said: “We will begin this process immediately, this has to be clear — the British people have spoken." Ayrault added that "the 27 other EU [...]
Who’s going to be Britain’s next Prime Minister and how will he/she be chosen?

June 25, 2016

David Cameron's resignation after Britain voted to leave the EU has sparked speculation about the country's next Prime Minister. Former London mayor Boris Johnson is the bookies' favourite for being Cameron's successor. In the past the Leave champion has vehemently denied ambitions to become Prime Minister saying the likelihood of him leading the country is “about as [...]
This is the end of Cameron, Osborne and Carney, says former MPC member Danny Blanchflower

June 24, 2016

Brexit will spell the end of Prime Minister David Cameron, chancellor George Osborne and Bank of England governor Mark Carney, economist Danny Blanchflower has warned. Speaking to City AM, the former BoE policymaker said: "Brexit will spell the end of David Cameron, George Osborne and Mark Carney because they just told us Brexit would be a disaster for [...]
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says there could be another general election as soon as this autumn

June 24, 2016

There could be a general election in the autumn, Conservative MP and Leave campaigner Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned. "I wouldn't rule out a new election altogether. It's complicated under the Fixed Term Parliament Act, but it's not impossible," he said. His comments come as the Leave camp gained ground through the night. The possibility of Brexit [...]
Did London vote Leave or Remain? Here’s a full breakdown

June 24, 2016

Londoners flocked to polling stations yesterday despite flash floods hitting some parts of the capital. So did London vote Leave or Remain? Results have started pouring in, follow the results on our live EURef map. Here are all the London results: Barking and Dagenham REMAIN 27,750 LEAVE 46,130 Barnet REMAIN 60,823 LEAVE 39,387 Bexley REMAIN 47,603 [...]
Betfair makes Leave favourite as pound plummets against dollar

June 24, 2016

A Leave victory in the EU referendum is now favourite, leading betting exchange Betfair has said. The probability the UK leaves the EU has risen to 61 per cent. The news has come in tandem with a drop in the pound which, at the time of writing, stood at $1.4087 against the dollar. According to analysts, the pound [...]
Lindsay Lohan’s tweets about EU referendum send Twitter into tizzy

June 24, 2016

What do David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and Lindsay Lohan have in common? They're all obsessing over the EU referendum at the moment. While it's obvious why the three above-mentioned politicians are talking/eating/sleeping EU referendum poll results at the moment, "why is the Mean Girls star tweeting about Britain's historic vote?" you may ask. [...]

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