Chancellor Rachel Reeves risks having to hike taxes ever higher in forthcoming budgets if she leaves herself with £9.9bn in headroom, a joint report by Barclays and the Institute for …
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Social Pantry CEO: If we can employ prison leavers, so can others
Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Alex Head, CEO and founder of Social Pantry, tells us about working with prison leavers, …
Ousted CEO and mounting debts: the lawyers behind £36bn BHP lawsuit
The law firm behind the most significant litigation to ever hit the English High Court has been lighting up headlines recently due to allegations around internal issues at the group. Back in …
We have to get serious about major spending cuts
Speculation over the contents of next month’s Budget has reached fever pitch, and it’s only going to ramp up from here. This is not idle curiosity; with businesses still adapting …
Autumn Budget: Reeves must focus on growth, not ‘gimmicks’
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, City Reporter Samuel Norman sits down with top industry names for a Budget Briefing. This week, the chief executive of founders club Helm calls for …
Is Sadiq trying to gaslight Londoners about crime?
The Mayor is desperate to convince Londoners that crime is falling, despite all the evidence to the contrary, writes James Ford London does not have a crime problem; it has …
Richard Desmond shifts residency to UAE as lottery legal battle underway
Richard Desmond has shifted his residency to the United Arab Emirates as his courtroom battle with the Gambling Commission gets underway, City AM can reveal. The media billionaire posted the …
After the Hunt: Luca Guadagnino’s MeToo drama misfires
Luca Guadagnino’s films tackle the big questions: “What if tennis players were sexy?” “What if Suspiria was boring?” “What if a man had sex with fruit?” His latest, After the …
Sports Minister ‘deeply concerned’ at British basketball governance crisis
Sports Minister Stephanie Peacock says she is “deeply concerned” by the governance crisis in British basketball that has seen the men’s national team frozen out of the world game. The …
Giant film review: Pierce Brosnan’s action era isn’t quite over
Giant film review with Pierce Brosnan: ★★★★ Speculation about Pierce Brosnan returning to James Bond seems less outrageous after watching Giant, in which the 70-year-old plays variously-aged versions of the …