Grasp the nettle
Good morning from Liverpool, where I’ve just come off GB News (here). This is Andy Burnham’s first conference as prime minister and he opened yesterday…
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Two Cities Lowdown: City Plan 2040 clears its biggest hurdle
The Two Cities Lowdown is Lowick Hedry’s weekly read on the City of Westminster and the City of London, written by the team that…
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In this episode of Political Business, Lowick Hedry’s Associate Director, Stephen Gregory, speaks with Liberal Democrat London Mayoral Candidate, Sarah Olney, and Leader of…
Liberal Democrat Conference 2026: Local success vs national distress
Business Day at Lib Dem Conference 2026 was a cheery affair: surprisingly so, given the tension within the party over the direction of its…
The autumn trap for Burnham | Dispatch from New York
Good morning from Manhattan, where the rain has set in ahead of the UN General Assembly. If Downing Street gets its way over the…
Is political instability ruining UK foreign investment?
In this episode of Political Business, Kevin joins Nathan from One World Trade Center in New York during UNGA week to share exclusive insights…
Cambridge Tech Week: Bringing optimism back to the tech debate
The timing couldn’t have been better for our team to attend Cambridge Tech Week. The week was set to the backdrop of Anthropic researcher…
The Two Cities lowdown | Friday, 18 September 2026
Welcome back. The Two Cities Lowdown is Lowick Hedry’s weekly read on the City of Westminster and the City of London, written by the…
Game on
Labour’s advantage over Reform is down to 2.3 points. Election Maps UK’s poll-of-polls has Labour on 26.1%, Reform on 23.8%, the Conservatives a distant…
Sunday Polling Update – Labour lead narrows
Labour’s lead has narrowed to 2.3 points, and the seat model now points to a hung parliament. This week’s poll of polls, compiled by…