There are growing calls for the government to overhaul tax rules for top earners after fresh data obtained by City AM revealed just under 700,000 Brits are now caught in …
October 2025
There is a way back for the Conservatives
The Tories have been quiet of late, pushed to the margins of the post-summer political debate and either mocked or ignored by the other parties whose conferences have sucked up …
Exclusive: Peter Kyle says Employment Rights critics ‘come from certain educational backgrounds’
Business secretary Peter Kyle has dismissed critics of the Employment Rights Bill as people on an “above average income” and those who have not had an “ordinary experience in the …
UK orders Apple to give access to encrypted iCloud backups
The UK government has ordered Apple to give law enforcement access to encrypted iCloud backups of British users, escalating a long-running dispute over data privacy and surveillance powers. The move, …
The Importance of Being Earnest review: Stephen Fry and Olly Alexander do Wilde proud
The Importance of Being Earnest review and star rating: ★★★★★ Oscar Wilde’s pointedly ridiculous comedy of manners about two men who conspire to both be called Earnest in order to …
Treasury invests £63m in cloud services amid public sector overhaul
HM Treasury has spent more than £63.6m on cloud services over the past three years, showing a decisive shift toward fully cloud-based IT infrastructure. The department has eliminated on-premise systems …
Revolut chair Gilbert backs R360 rebel rugby league
City grandee and Revolut chairman Martin Gilbert has emerged as an investor in the rebel R360 rugby union league. Gilbert, formerly of Aberdeen Asset Management, is named on Companies House …
Birmingham owner Wagner breaks ranks over Premier League redistributions
Birmingham City owner Tom Wagner has broken ranks with his EFL rivals over their attempts to extract more money from the Premier League. The thorny issue is among the top …
Andrew Bailey’s stablecoin U-turn hailed as ‘positive step’
Andrew Bailey has issued a major climb down on stablecoins after previously being accused of “killing” the country’s ambitions with “prescriptive” views. The Bank of England governor – who has …
The UK’s weirdest new trend? Rubber ducks are being handed from stranger to stranger
From City AM The Magazine, Autumn edition, Adam Bloodworth meets the people exploring ‘radical connection’ by handing one another tiny little rubber ducks We were at a festival when two …