Beware a referendum on bankers
Offered the chance to bash a banker, Swiss voters have gone most of the way, making Britain seem even more out of step – not only with Europe but also with public opinion.
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Chancellor George Osborne is left isolated as he attempts to water down EU plans to limit bankers’ bonuses.
Offered the chance to bash a banker, Swiss voters have gone most of the way, making Britain seem even more out of step – not only with Europe but also with public opinion.
Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric resigns, hours after the Vatican announces plans to investigate claims of inappropriate behaviour.
David Cameron’s hopes of striking a “special partnership” with India come under strain as the country’s prime minister says he has “very serious concerns” over a lucrative helicopter deal.
David Cameron vows that the full weight of the law will be used against those who have passed off horsemeat as beef in the UK as the scandal spreads across Europe.
RBS is the third bank to be fined for attempting to fix the benchmark lending rate for financial institutions. What did these banks do and why does it matter?
As the government unveils its childcare reforms, should carers be better qualified and will costs fall for parents?
David Cameron tells Davos that Britain will push for global action against “aggressive” tax avoidance during its year-long presidency of the G8 – and makes a dig at Starbucks along the way.
As Chancellor George Osborne delivers his autumn statement on the economy and spending, we gather some alternative suggestions on to how to tackle the country’s fiscal woes.
An investigation is underway to see if the former Palestinian president was poisoned by a lethal dose of radioactive Polonium 210.
Kweku Adoboli is sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of two counts of fraud linked to a £1.4bn loss which nearly brought down a major international bank.
Britain’s biggest bank is at the centre of a HMRC investigation after allegations that criminals opened offshore accounts for money laundering purposes in the bank’s Jersey operation.
Thousands of UBS employees in London are fearing the worst after the Swiss bank announced one of the biggest jobs culls since the 2008 financial crisis.
A close friend of rescued paraglider Nabik Daniel Hunt tells Channel 4 News the 33-year-old is “overwhelmed and humbled” by a social media fundraising campaign to rescue him from the Swiss Alps.
Commodities juggernaut Glencore sweetens its offer for Xstrata after delaying the shareholder vote on the mega-merger due to “overnight developments”.