Samuel Johnson, the great 18th century writer, poet, and lexicographer, spent much of his life on Fleet Street, in the City of London. Dr Johnson’s house in Gough Square still …
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Square Mile and Me: Capital Rise CEO Uma Rajah on navigating London’s fintech scene
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Uma Rajah, CEO of Capital Rise, looks back on her journey from car factory floor …
Reform NHS to get Brits back at work and driving growth, Starmer to say
Reforming the National Health Service (NHS) will help get the British public “back to health and work” as well as “driving economic growth”, Sir Keir Starmer will say. The Prime …
Mark Kleinman: Summit’s up with flagship Labour conference
Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column. This week he tackles Labour’s International Investment Summit, …
Calls grow for Reeves to shield employees’ shares from capital gains tax hike
Calls are growing for the government to carve out an allowance on capital gains tax (CGT) for employee share schemes amid fears a sweeping hike could gut the UK of …
Labour’s housebuilding plans ‘too reliant’ on private sector
An influential think tank has argued that the government is unlikely to meet its ambitious housebuilding targets because it is “too reliant” on the private sector. The government has set …
In defence of political donors
Labour’s cronyism scandal has rightly led to calls for greater transparency around donors but let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater. If anything, we need more private money …
Heathrow: New £10 transit charge will make the UK ‘less competitive’
Widening a controversial government scheme aimed at visitors to UK airports will hurt London’s reputation as a “world-leading” business destination and make the UK “less competitive,” according to City groups …
Pensioners and the politics of perceptions
The furore over winter fuel payments is driven by the false idea that pensioners are uniformly old, frail and poor. But in politics, feelings often matter as much as facts, …
Visitors to the UK will need to pay £10 to change at Heathrow from next year: Here’s what you need to know
All visa-exempt passengers travelling to the UK will have to pay a £10 charge and wait up to three days for a permit from next year, as the government significantly …