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Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. We received another gloomy snapshot of the economy ahead of the ever-important Bank of England rate decision on Thursday. New…

The UK unemployment rate jumped above the 5 per cent mark as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published damning figures that will likely send chills throughout the Labour government…

Disney’s $1bn investment in OpenAI, coupled with a three year licensing deal for over 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters on Sora, constitutes a seismic shift in how…

British leaders are now the least optimistic cohort internationally, and it’s having a real-world impact on growth, writes David Stevens Britain has long prided itself on being one of the…

A London property firm has invoiced Lime nearly £8,000 for removing, storing and returning dockless e-bikes left on its private land, City AM understands, amid struggles to contain the capital’s…

Mic-drop moments does not a good government make. Alastair McCapra makes the case for political leaking In November 1989, cameras were finally allowed into the House of Commons. Just a…

Appearing before MPs yesterday, Keir Starmer bemoaned the “consultations, regulations [and] arms-length bodies” that create “a thicket of reasons why you can’t do something.” He was responding to a question…

Reform used the summer holiday vacuum to further their cause, and it’s made all the difference, writes Michael Martins in today’s Notebook My political winners of the year? Reform spin…

The once-coveted British passport has tumbled in value since Rachel Reeves’ “wealth tax” Budget, according to a new report.  In the latest Passport Index, put together by financial advisory firm…

Reform has by any measure enjoyed an incredible 2025. But for much of the poll-topping year, its economic vision has remained an unknown entity. Ali Lyon met policy chief Zia…