Mark Kleinman: Regulators’ D-Day is crucial for Starmer agenda January 16, 2025 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column. This week, he looks at D-Day for regulators, Ebury’s IPO knife-edge and Badenoch’s Reform nightmare Regulators’ D-Day is crucial for Starmer agenda It’s D-Day for Britain’s regulators. Barely three weeks after a dozen economic watchdogs were [...]
Rape gang victims deserve better than our broken inquiry system January 15, 2025 The debate over whether or not Britain needs a national inquiry into rape gangs is a classic example of asking the wrong question, says Emma Revell Before the start of the year, grooming gangs were probably an issue most people were aware of, but didn’t give day-to-day thought to. Fast forward through a furious bout [...]
We need a government that gets business, not businessmen running government January 13, 2025 The idea that business leaders can transform the way government works didn’t start with Elon musk, but success in politics demands different skills to entrepreneurship, says Eliot Wilson Business feels let down by the current government. Before the general election, Sir Keir Starmer and his shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, staged an updated performance of the [...]
Tech giants must obey UK’s online safety laws, says minister January 12, 2025 British law has not changed and tech giants must still obey it, the Science Secretary has said in response to Meta’s decision to do away with content moderation teams. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that his social media platforms would replace their longstanding fact-checking programme with a “community notes” system similar to Elon [...]
The Capitalist: WFH rows, Zuck’s new watch and the City’s Tesco habits revealed January 9, 2025 WFH causes a ruckus, Zuckerberg's eye-catching watch and the nation's favourite meal deal: catch up on the latest gossip in The Capitalist.
PMQs: Siddiq ‘acted appropriately’ by referring herself to adviser, Starmer says January 8, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has insisted Tulip Siddiq has “acted appropriately” by referring herself to the independent adviser on standards and said he would not give “running commentary” of the recently announced probe into her finances. The City minister referred herself to Sir Laurie Magnus, the Prime Minister’s Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests on Monday, for [...]
The Zuckerberg Meta-morphosis: Are tech bros having a glow up? January 8, 2025 Zuckerberg's latest appearance, clad in a drop-shoulder black t-shirt with a statement necklace, has got us talking: are tech bros having a glow up?
Starmer: Funding rules may be changed amid Musk’s interest in Farage’s Reform January 8, 2025 The government will look at potential reforms to political party funding, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as0 the Liberal Democrats raised the “spectre” of Elon Musk’s possible donation to Reform UK. Leader Sir Ed Davey asked the Prime Minister to change the rules around party funding amid the US businessman’s continued interest in British politics [...]
The inbox from hell? Headaches and unpredictability await Starmer in 2025 January 8, 2025 New year, new Keir? Jessica Frank-Keyes looks at the pitfalls, rivals and online trolls threatening to ruin the PM’s 2025 For politicians, the dawn of a New Year can represent the opportunity for a fresh start, while avoiding that dreaded Westminster word ‘reset’. But for Keir Starmer in particular, looking ahead to the next 12 [...]
Zuck rediscovers love of free speech – just in time for Trump 2.0 January 8, 2025 Will Mark Zuckerberg’s drastic policy changes tempt me back to Facebook? Nope. I quit the platform in 2010, after a friend request from an uncle made me realise it was no longer just a safe space for sharing morning-after-the-night-before photos and gags with university pals. Having left the party 15 years ago, it’s been interesting [...]