Despite Cable’s HBoS probe hint Britain needs banking catharsis
It says a lot, that we have learnt more about what brought down RBS from a US diplomatic cable leaked to an Australian than we have from British probes.
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David Cameron has offered “every sympathy” to the mother of a disabled girl refused care, but carer Nicky Clark tells Channel 4 News the coalition cuts make a mockery of his sympathies.
It says a lot, that we have learnt more about what brought down RBS from a US diplomatic cable leaked to an Australian than we have from British probes.
I am beginning to wonder if we are at a profound historical turning point in world economics.
Universities Minister David Willetts unveils plans to hike university tuition fees to up to £9,000, which Labour branded a “tragedy”. Gary Gibbon says many will welcome the only viable deal.
A Conservative Chancellor comes to power and the economy starts to soar away.
The Treasury publishes draft legislation introducing a permanent levy on bank balance sheets.
More than a million customers have complained to their bank or building society this year, a rise of 5 per cent on 2009. Channel 4 News samples the most common complaints.
Bob Diamond, one of the world’s highest paid bankers, is named as chief executive of Barclays in a move Economics Editor Faisal Islam says challenges the government’s position on banking reform.
Faisal Islam blogs on how the banks still face long-term funding problems, despite unveiling big profits this week.
As BP’s business interests in Libya have come under scrutiny in the United States following the Gulf oil leak, Channel 4 News analysis reveals how more Libyan oil is exported to the US than the UK.
The Liberal Democrat turned to banking in this morning’s briefing and FactCheck turned to some of their statements.
Faisal Islam blogs on why RBS aren’t saying how many of its bankers are getting bonuses of mroe than a million pounds, and why its bosses are playing today’s results low-key.
Economics correspondent Faisal Islam describes interviewing Conservative leader David Cameron, who says his party would start cutting the deficit this year, even if Britain relapses into recession.
In response to viewers’ messages requesting further information on how to get involved with charities working with Kenya, following our report on child sex abuse in that country, we can post the following details: KENYAN ORGANISATIONS FIGHTING AGAINST CHILD SEX ABUSE Offers of help to the sexual violence clinic at Mombasa Coast General Hospital should…
It was brave of Lord Turner to take his controversial take on the future of finance directly to an audience of black-tied bankers at the Mansion House. He was heckled, and the mood music in the City, and apparently at the dinner too, seems to resemble the attitude of a teenager who has been banned…