Blair think tank turns fire on Labour over wage hikes and tax squeeze March 1, 2026 Tony Blair’s think tank has published a critique of Labour’s economic strategy, warning that higher minimum wages, rising employers’ National Insurance and tougher workers’ rights risk choking off growth and pricing young people out of jobs. In a striking intervention from the former Labour prime minister’s own policy institute, the report deems the government’s labour [...]
UK Sport: We invest £32m in winter sports because Britain cares deeply February 28, 2026 Milan Cortina and the British public’s appetite for melon grabs and curling showed why UK Sport invested £32.5m in winter sports in this Olympic cycle, says CEO Sally Munday. Watching years of dedication come together in a single run at Milan Cortina earlier this month was extraordinary. Matt Weston’s performance en route to Team GB’s [...]
Premier League Predictions: Liverpool and Manchester United to win, Chelsea beaten and more misery for Tottenham February 27, 2026 Just a week after cruising past Tottenham, leaders Arsenal face another crunch London derby this weekend. Manchester City take on a Leeds side that continues to impress, while slumping Spurs go to Fulham. Get our thoughts on every Premier League fixture here… City AM’s journalism is supported by our readers. If you click links to other [...]
Forget student loans, the national debt is the real mortgage on the young February 27, 2026 Debating student loan interest distracts from the far larger and permanent national debt and its interest payments, which place a compounding, long-term financial liability on younger taxpayers who already face rising costs and a weakening worker-to-retiree ratio, says Martin Beck The campaign to cut student loan interest rates is welcome. A system where balances rise [...]
Nearly 1m young Brits not in work as Reeves told to help youth February 26, 2026 The number of Neets, or young people not in education, employment or training, has increased to nearly 1m, official data has indicated, heightening fears over the long-term health of the UK economy. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has suggested there were 957,000 people aged between 16 and 24 not working as of December in [...]
Investec awards East London coffee enterprise Well Grounded £60k grant February 26, 2026 Financial giant Investec has awarded £60,000 to social enterprise Well Grounded, which plans to create 10,000 career opportunities in the coffee sector in the coming decade. Well Grounded, based in East London, runs speciality coffee training programmes for jobseekers and has placed over 1,000 Brits into the industry so far. Unemployment rose to its highest rate in [...]
Instagram to alert parents over teens’ harmful searches February 26, 2026 Instagram will start notifying parents if their teenager repeatedly searches for terms linked to suicide or self-harm, amid mounting political and legal pressure over child safety online. From next week, parents and teens enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision tools in the UK, US, Australia and Canada will be told that new alerts are being introduced. [...]
Olympics should lead way in AI and lighten impossible load on its judges February 26, 2026 If any sporting body has the means to fund investment in AI judging it’s the International Olympic Committee, writes Ed Warner. I’ve no idea whether Zoe Atkin’s “amplitude” deserved to bag silver rather than bronze in the freeski halfpipe on Sunday. All I know is she didn’t wipe out on all three of her three [...]
On this day: The collapse of Barings Bank February 26, 2026 On 26 February 1995, 31 years ago today, Baring Bank, one of the City’s most venerable institutions, was declared insolvent after a massive fraud by one of its employees, Nick Leeson, recalls Eliot Wilson In the 1990s, following the wake of Big Bang and the influx of brash but wealthy, “Greed is good, greed is [...]
The £1bn company with no staff? Why AI is a gift to Britain’s small businesses February 26, 2026 With branding built on Canva, market research synthesised in seconds or client decks as slick as McKinsey’s, could we say now that for the first time, a five-person firm can present like a 50-person one, and potentially undercut and outmanoeuvre larger rivals? Asks Eliza Filby In Silicon Valley, investors are salivating at the thought of [...]