Alex Thomson
Jesse Jackson rouses the Occupy crowd
Rev Jesse Jackson wielded his unmistakable brand of rousing oratory at St.Paul’s today.
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Be bold to escape ‘peril’ – Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron tells Europe it must be “bolder” and take difficult decisions in order to recover from its “perilous” economic state.
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Kenyan ministers to face trial for crimes against humanity
Two Kenyan presidential hopefuls are facing mounting pressure to quit after judges at the International Criminal Court ruled they would stand trial for crimes against humanity.
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‘Squeezed middle’ worse off until 2020
Low to middle income earners will not see their disposable income approach pre-recession levels until 2020 at best, a report from a leading think tank warns.
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Somali pirate ransoms top £3m as report demands action
As British private security companies queue up to offer armed guards to counter pirate attacks off Somalia, a government report calls for tighter regulation of a flourishing industry.
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The future for the British high street – bleak, or booming?
A bumper Boxing Day and up to 12 million shoppers on the streets on Tuesday – but economists are still warning of gloom for the British economy in 2012.
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Anglo-French spat as Paris faces downgrade
With the war of words continuing over the relative health of the British and French economies, money market rumours suggest France could have its credit rating downgraded, as Jane Deith reports.
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Alex Thomson
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Italian gunman kills two on shooting spree
An Italian author with far-right links kills two African men and wounds three during an apparently race-motivated shooting spree in Florence.
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UK inflation slows to 4.8 per cent
Inflation eases slightly in November for a second successive month, raising expectations that the Bank of England will be able to provide additional stimulus for the economy next year.
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RBS report blames poor decisions
As an FSA report into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland blames its own light-touch regulation and poor management, the bank’s chairman tells Channel 4 News he supports tougher sanctions.
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RBS report to blame errors and ‘light-touch’ controls
A report into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) by the FSA will blame light-touch regulation and a catalogue of financial errors for pushing it to a taxpayer bailout in 2008.
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Cameron defends EU veto decision
Prime Minister David Cameron tells Political Editor Gary Gibbon that he stands by the decision to veto an EU treaty to stabilise the euro, maintaining that Britain will “keep its influence.”
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Gary Gibbon
Eurozone: what is Cameron’s next move?
David Cameron is clear that he can’t stand in the way of the 17 Eurozone countries trying to sort themselves out in Brussels on Thursday/Friday. He’s also clear that he can’t come home on Friday with nothing to show for his acquiescence in a treaty change. His backbenchers will be “checking his bags at customs” one senior Tory said. How to square that?
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Clegg signals crackdown on top corporate pay
Nick Clegg is pledging to balance austerity in the public sector with a crackdown on top corporate pay so state employees do not feel like they are doing “all the heavy lifting”.
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Euro crisis could mean UK recession, says Osborne
Chancellor George Osborne warns Britain will “find it difficult to avoid a recession” if growth in Europe grinds to a halt, while France’s central banker says Europe faces “a true financial crisis”.
