Mayor of London election: Candidates cast their votes across the capital May 6, 2021 Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey and Luisa Porritt have been seen out at polling stations casting their vote this morning for today’s mayor of London election. Khan, Labour’s incumbent mayor, was seen at a Tooting polling station this morning with his wife Saadiya and their dog Luna. The mayor had already voted by post, but Saadiya [...]
Labour faces hat trick of losses in ‘super Thursday’ elections May 6, 2021 Labour is staring down a potential hat trick of devastating defeats in today’s “super Thursday” elections, which would put serious pressure on leader Sir Keir Starmer. A poll out on Tuesday put Labour 17 points behind the Conservatives in the Hartlepool by-election – a constituency Labour has always held – while the party also trails [...]
Mayor of London election: Beware the capital’s slide into a one-party city May 6, 2021 Most major election campaigns have trademark moments or themes that leave an indelible image on the electorate and become a part of the public’s collective memory. The 2019 General Election will be remembered as the Brexit election and for Boris Johnson’s “Get Brexit Done” slogan. In the 2016 London mayoral election there was Zac Goldsmith’s [...]
UK to send two Royal Navy boats to protect Jersey after France threatens blockade May 5, 2021 The UK will send in the Royal Navy to protect Jersey after France threatened to cut power to the island if the country’s fishermen are not granted full post-Brexit access to UK waters. Downing Street said the Prime Minister spoke to Chief Minister of Jersey Senator John Le Fondre about the prospect of a blockade. [...]
Brexit: UK grants EU ambassador full diplomatic status in end to row May 5, 2021 The UK has today agreed to grant the EU’s post-Brexit ambassador to Britain full diplomatic status in a move that ends a long-running row. In a joint statement, the UK and EU said ambassador João Vale de Almeida would receive “a status consistent with heads of missions of states”. This means he will be given [...]
Mayor of London election: Where do the major candidates stand on the Covid recovery? May 5, 2021 With the 6 May mayor of London election just one day away, City A.M. is producing a four-piece series on where the four leading candidates stand on different issues. Today, we look at Covid recovery policies from the candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats. Sadiq Khan The incumbent mayor [...]
Mayor of London election: Where do the major candidates stand on law and order? May 5, 2021 With the 6 May mayor of London election coming up, City A.M. is producing a four-piece series on where the four leading candidates stand on different issues. Today, we look at law and order policies from the candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats. Sadiq Khan Khan has promised to [...]
Treasury minister trumpets City of London resilience post-Brexit May 4, 2021 City minister John Glen has trumpeted the City of London’s ability to adapt post-Brexit, saying there has only been a “modest” amount of jobs lost since the 2016 referendum. Glen said a great number of “journalists and academics” had been proved wrong about the expected mass movement of jobs from the City to other European [...]
‘I’m somebody who enjoys winning’: Sadiq Khan plots out a second mayoral term May 4, 2021 If the polls are to be believed Sadiq Khan will win Thursday’s mayor of London election by a record margin. Khan’s 20+ point lead has never slipped and his opponents have never laid a glove on him, despite having an extra year of campaigning thanks to Covid. The Labour incumbent has ran an energetic and [...]
Exclusive: Sadiq Khan confident ‘boomerang Londoners’ will return post-pandemic May 4, 2021 Sadiq Khan has said he is confident that most of the estimated 700,000 foreign-born workers who have left London since the end of 2019 will return as the UK sheds its Covid restrictions. Khan told City A.M. in a long-ranging interview, to be released in full later today, that these were “boomerang Londoners” who would [...]
