Labour defends Burnham’s ‘very powerful’ No 10 North plans July 5, 2026 Andy Burnham’s proposed ‘No 10 North’ would lead to a “very powerful reorganisation of government”, deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell has said. Her words come as ministers push ahead with one of the biggest overhauls of English local government in decades before Burnham is expected to enter Downing Street later this month, with Labour arguing [...]
Lui’s Turquoise has what it takes for victory July 3, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong is back for another Saturday meeting at Sha Tin this weekend with an 11-race-programme, including the final two all-weather contests of the season. Racegoers may have struck lucky last weekend when the expected storms and rain bypassed the track before disappearing into the South China Sea, but they will not be [...]
Ferdinand, Crouch, Foster: How footballers have built media empires for the future July 3, 2026 Footballers need to retire eventually. Calum Hopkins takes a look at how they can do it in a changing media landscape. With the World Cup knockouts well underway, it is time to consider whether the people sitting in the studio continue to have the power. We are seeing a massive shift in football; the audience [...]
Lisa Nandy has set a terrible precedent by flouncing off Twitter July 3, 2026 A government that first declares a platform beyond the pale, then withdraws official engagement from it, is constructing the moral case to compel its regulator to act. First you leave; then you police; then, when policing proves “insufficient”, you ban, says James Price When the Roman Senate ordered the burning of Aulus Cremutius Cordus’s histories [...]
Sky Garden is throwing late night parties this summer July 2, 2026 Iconic skyscraper the Sky Garden is throwing a series of summer parties with a Havana theme. With a licence stretching into the early hours, and live DJs throughout the evening from the ALR Music collective, the nights aim to bring “the rhythm, colour and late-night energy of Cuba’s capital” to the 36 floor rooftop. The [...]
Keir Starmer wasn’t weird enough for Westminster July 2, 2026 A Prime Minister more comfortable behind football stands than the dispatch box, Starmer was too normal for politics in the end, writes Tom Harwood.
Dive into Sea Lanes Canary Wharf, London’s new open-air swimming pool June 30, 2026 Partner content: Canary Wharf is ideal for lovers of open skies, nature and water, as new opening Sea Lanes proves Where else in London can you see this much blue? Get the river, docks and the sky all together in Canary Wharf. With cleaner air and more access to water, it’s a no brainer to [...]
Sky owner Comcast announces plan to split June 29, 2026 Comcast, the US media behemoth which owns Sky TV, has announced plans to split in two. The deal comes just as Sky is agreeing terms of a multi-billion-pound acquisition of part of ITV, which would unite the UK’s biggest pay-TV provider with the channels and streaming platform of its dominant free-to-air service. London traders looked unperturbed at [...]
‘Corbyn was spot on’: The radical MP shaping Burnham’s economic agenda June 29, 2026 Miatta Fahnbulleh is one of Andy Burnham’s key confidants, spearheading his agenda on energy, devolution and the cost of living. Policies the MP for Peckham has previously endorsed suggest the country is in for a sharp leftward lurch, writes Ali Lyon. The red wall had been demolished. Boris Johnson, imperious. And Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour movement [...]
As it happened: Supreme Court blocks Trump sacking; Andy Burnham vows ‘greater public control’; Comcast spin-off June 29, 2026 Good afternoon from the City AM liveblog team. News of a major spin-off deal in the media sector is providing the main talking point during the New York trading day, helping lift stocks up after the tech sector weighed on the market over the previous session. Sky owner Comcast’s announcement that it will set up [...]