Mayor of London election: Where do the major candidates stand on transport? May 4, 2021 With the 6 May mayor of London election now just weeks away, City A.M. is producing a four-piece series on where the four leading candidates stand on different issues. Today, we look at the transport policies of the candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats. Sadiq Khan Khan said he [...]
‘I’ve come from the street’: Shaun Bailey makes his last push May 4, 2021 Shaun Bailey is in a buoyant mood when we meet at Westminster’s St John Smith’s Square. With his new campaign battle bus unveiled and ready to set out on a tour of London, the Conservative mayoral candidate happily splays out in the April sunshine as we sit down to chat. His ebullient demeanour is a [...]
Mayor of London election: Where do the major candidates stand on housing? May 4, 2021 With the 6 May mayor of London election now just weeks away, City A.M. is producing a four-piece series on where the four leading candidates stand on different issues. Today, we look at the housing policies of the candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats. Sadiq Khan The most high [...]
Sadiq Khan pledges to explore 2036 London Olympics bid if re-elected May 3, 2021 Sadiq Khan has pledged to launch an “exploratory committee” to look at a potential 2036 or 2040 London Olympics bid if re-elected as London mayor on Thursday. Khan said this evening that if London was chosen to hold either of the games that he would want them to be “the most sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games [...]
Sadiq Khan warns of low turnout in Thursday’s London mayor election May 3, 2021 Sadiq Khan has today raised concerns about low turnout at Thursday’s London mayor election, with the incumbent warning supporters against complacency. Internal polling from Khan’s team shows a 9 per cent drop in the amount of Londoners that are certain to vote in the poll, which was delayed by a year by the Covid crisis. [...]
Shaun Bailey hits out at City of London’s ‘polite drug users’ May 3, 2021 Tory mayor of London candidate Shaun Bailey has hit out at the culture of “polite drug use” in the City, saying that white collar workers need to be a part of the solution to tackling cocaine-fuelled drug violence. Bailey told City A.M. in a wide-ranging interview, to be released later today, that “casual drug use [...]
UK to send 1,000 more ventilators to Indian hospitals to fight Covid surge May 2, 2021 The UK government will send 1,000 ventilators to India to help the country fight its current Covid-19 surge, which has seen case numbers reach more than 400,000 a day. England chief medical officer Chris Whitty and chief scientific advisor Sir Patrick Vallance have also given “help and advice” in recent days to their Indian counterparts, [...]
Labour begins to close gap on the Tories as key elections draw near May 2, 2021 Labour has slashed the Conservatives’ lead in several new polls today, with a slew of key elections just days away. Labour’s clawback of the Tory lead comes after Boris Johnson has been hit by a week of cronyism and sleaze allegations. A Focaldata/The Times poll has the Tories on 40 per cent to Labour on [...]
Chinese investment in UK assets estimated to be £135bn May 2, 2021 Chinese investment in UK assets like businesses, infrastructure and property has reached an estimated £135bn – almost double what was previously thought. About £44bn of this investment has come from state-owned firms, with many of the purchases happening over the past two years. An investigation from the Sunday Times found that Chinese and Hong Kong [...]
Raab talks up chances of social distancing continuing in England beyond 21 June May 2, 2021 Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has today warned that “safeguards” such as mask wearing and social distancing may be in place beyond 21 June. Raab today refused to say whether all restrictions would be dropped by June, a date set by the government for most if not all restrictions to end, and said there may need [...]
