The government is right to be focused on getting people off welfare dependency and into work, but we shouldn’t be too optimistic about its chances of success, says Matthew Lesh …
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The making of a mayor: What powers do they actually have?
In England and across the world, mayors have wildly disparate powers. So how do they stack up? Lucy Kenningham explains In 1990, Michael Heseltine came back from a trip to …
Stickers and democracy sausages – time to give polling day some pizzazz
Low turnout in elections is bad for democracy. If we want more people to vote, why not make polling day more of a party? Asks John Oxley It’s polling day …
Worst corporate jargon of the week: Transform
Offender: Transform Every one of us has been an email chain which is borderline unintelligible for the amount of corporate lingo thrown in there. At City A.M., we’re taking a …
City lawyer urges the government to ‘take back control’ of the FCA
A City lawyer launched an extraordinary call for the government to “take back control” of the regulator yesterday after Jeremy Hunt rounded on the FCA over its plans to name …
The Notebook: Has London revived its rave scene?
Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, takes the Notebook pen to have her say on the …
Square Mile and Me: Samantha Seaton on her career from equestrian athlete to Moneyhub CEO
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Moneyhub boss Samantha Seaton tells us how she went from Olympian hopeful to fintech CEO …
Tighter Whatsapp lobbying rules would have revealed Greensill scandal, MPs say
Stricter transparency rules around lobbying over Whatsapp would have resulted in the Greensill scandal being uncovered, an influential group of MPs has said. A report into informal lobbying was launched …
Mayoral election 2024: Last push as London heads to the polls
Campaigners are set to give it one last push today as London heads to the polls to cast their ballots in the mayoral election. Labour’s Sadiq Khan and the Conservative’s …
Petition against DWP’s plans for bank ‘mass spying’ powers nears 200k signatures
An online petition calling on the UK government to abandon plans for “mass bank spying powers” is nearing its target of 200,000 signatures as privacy campaigners slam new measures aiming …