Boris Johnson’s final claims and statements: Former PM’s last speech fact-checked September 6, 2022 This morning Boris Johnson gave his final public address as Prime Minister on the steps of 10 Downing Street, before travelling up to Balmoral to hand his resignation to the Queen. During today’s speech, Johnson repeated many of the claims he has made so often over his premiership, including on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, hospital [...]
Audi Q4 E-Tron Sportback review: Vorsprung durch electric September 6, 2022 Audi has played to its strengths with the Q4 E-Tron: an electric SUV with brilliant build quality and refined road manners. We drive it.
From home repossession to a virtual home in Metropolis metaverse September 6, 2022 A can-do attitude mixed with a pinch of hope has secured a new home in the Metropolis metaverse for journalist and activist Jillian Godsil.
Exclusive: New co-working hub headed to Oxford Street this autumn September 6, 2022 A new co-working hub is coming to Oxford Street, City A.M. can reveal today. Office and workspace company Huckletree, which operates across some of the biggest cities in the UK, is set to unveil its fifth London site in November. The 22,000 square foot workspace, in Jubilee House, is hoped to bring a much-needed boost [...]
If we’re going to get fracking, we’re going to need to overhaul our planning system September 6, 2022 In the face of an energy crunch which will put enormous strain on our economy, little makes more sense than making fracking a national priority. At a 10 per cent recovery rate, the potential natural gas reserve in the UK is enough to make us self-sufficient for 50 years. The safe and timely development of [...]
Birmingham picked as home of UK’s new audit watchdog September 5, 2022 MINISTERS have chosen Birmingham as the home of the UK’s new audit watchdog, in a move that risks an internal backlash at the supervisory body it is set to replace. City A.M. understands the soon-to-be launched Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA) watchdog will be headquartered in Britain’s second largest city, Birmingham. The new regulator [...]
Exclusive: Demand has to be tackled alongside supply, says energy boss September 5, 2022 The Government needs to combine support for households with policies that will cut supply demand, argued Good Energy boss Nigel Pocklington.
Why strategy making should not be a secret September 5, 2022 “You see, Charlie, not so very long ago there used to be thousands of people working in Mr Willy Wonka’s factory. Then one day, all of a sudden, Mr Wonka had to ask every single one of them to leave, to go home, never to come back.” “But why?” asked Charlie. “Because of spies. All the other [...]
Sadiq Khan: Liz Truss, let’s turn the page for London and the UK’s benefit alike September 5, 2022 Sadiq Khan: One of my biggest hopes it that Liz Truss will put a stop the divisive, anti-London approach pursued by her predecessors
Why You Might Not Have To Go Back To The Office September 5, 2022 For many office workers, the pandemic proved to be particularly transformative in terms of the way they conducted their working lives. Very suddenly, it became not only possible, but mandatory, for a lot of jobs to be done remotely. For some employees who may have previously been asking for more remote work accommodations and being [...]