Zac Goldsmith: 2016 London mayoral candidate hits back at Labour over business record October 14, 2015 Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has hit back at Labour attacks on his business record, defending his positions on Heathrow expansion, the European Union and the role of business in the capital. The Richmond Park MP told City A.M. in an interview yesterday: “I don't think we've ever had a Labour party that is more [...]
London airport expansion: Heathrow claims expansion would “supercharge” northern powerhouse as mayoral candidates Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan condemn plans as “madness” October 12, 2015 Heathrow has said its expansion would "supercharge" plans to build a northern powerhouse, as critics of the plans for a third runway swell. The west London airport is going all-out to win government support for expansion, claiming it would be a "driving force in rebalancing the UK's economy". The third runway would create a further 180,000 jobs, 95,000 of which [...]
Labour’s London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan brands student visa rules ‘silly’ October 9, 2015 Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has called the government’s immigration policies for students “silly”, just days after home secretary Theresa May took a hard line against visas for postgraduates. In a speech at the Institute of Directors (IoD) yesterday, Khan said: “As mayor, I’ll stand up to the silly visa restrictions this government has placed [...]
Sadiq Khan: London needs a relentlessly pro-growth mayor to keep the capital open for business October 7, 2015 London’s economic success is built on its openness to the world. Our unrivalled connections with the markets of Europe, the Commonwealth and emerging economies allow our businesses to thrive. The mayor of London plays a crucial role in negotiating access to new markets, acting as a salesman for the capital as a safe haven [...]
Chuka Umunna: Tory mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith is a threat to London business October 7, 2015 Former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has launched a blistering attack on Zac Goldsmith, calling the Conservative candidate for mayor of London a “threat to London jobs and businesses”. Umunna, the Labour MP for Streatham who has endorsed Goldsmith's Labour opponent Sadiq Khan, said: “Londoners can’t afford a mayor who doesn’t get business, doesn’t like [...]
London property price boom is making flatshares unaffordable for the capital’s residents October 6, 2015 Not only is London the most expensive place to buy a property in the UK, and seemingly getting pricier all the time, it is also becoming increasingly difficult to live in a flatshare in the capital. The average monthly price for a rented room in London is £692.30, according to data from flatshare website [...]
Tory MP Richard Fuller backs Uber London calling for parliament to scrutinise TfL’s proposals for new laws October 6, 2015 A member of a powerful commons committee is calling on colleagues in parliament to scrutinise Transport for London (TfL) over its drastic new proposals to impose draconian regulations on Uber and other private hire car services. Richard Fuller, a Conservative MP who sits on the business select committee, told City A.M. the proposals were “precisely [...]
Conservative party conference 2015: Mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith says he’ll bring in big investors for London housing October 6, 2015 Richmond Park MP Zac Goldsmith backed has Crossrail 2, called for more tax powers for City Hall, and promised to get more institutional investors funding housing development in his first major speech as the Conservative candidate for London mayor today. Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, Goldsmith said Labour's "search for a mayoral candidate was vicious and divisive", while [...]
Conservative party conference 2015: Heathrow or Gatwick expansion? Government ministers promise airports decision by Christmas October 5, 2015 Government ministers are doubling down on their commitment to respond by the end of the year to the Airports Commission's recommendation for a third runway at Heathrow. Speaking today at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said he did not "hide the challenge" of choosing whether to back or reject the commission's [...]
Businesses raise red flag over airports expansion as Zac Goldsmith enters mayoral race October 5, 2015 British business groups are raising a red flag over the London mayoral race, after Zac Goldsmith, a noted opponent to Heathrow expansion, was selected as the Conservative candidate. Goldsmith won the party’s nomination on Friday, commanding more than 70 per cent of the vote in an open primary contest. He will square off next May [...]