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Banking report: still too big to fail?
Will a report aiming to shake-up the UK banking sector really change anything? Or will banking remain a so-called Inside Job?
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Shares in Lloyds Banking Group plummet after the bank takes a double blow from the Irish crisis and the Payment Protection Insurance scandal. Faisal Islam looks at how this hits the taxpayer.
Will a report aiming to shake-up the UK banking sector really change anything? Or will banking remain a so-called Inside Job?
A report in the wake of the financial crisis suggests banks ringfence their retail arms and puts pressure on Lloyds to sell more branches. But it’s no banking revolution, Faisal Islam says.
It may be the wealthiest league in the world but just how long will it be until there is no UK finance involved in Premier League clubs? Channel 4 News charts the changing face of the top flight.
Royal Bank of Scotland Chief Executive Stephen Hester could get up to £4.5 million in shares, a sum Faisal Islam is going to be very awkward for the Government to justify.
Faisal Islam’s full interview with RBS Chief Executive Stephen Hester.
SME’s of Britain – please go to your bank manager armed with this blog.
As Chancellor George Osborne announces that bank bonuses will fall this year, Channel 4 News looks in detail at the Government’s proposals.
The deal between the Government and the UK’s biggest banks on lending and bonuses, dubbed ‘Project Merlin’, could be announced today, sources close to the deal tell Channel 4 News.
The Government has outlined the Project Merlin deal on bonuses and lending for the UK’s biggest banks. But will it work? Businesses and economists tell Channel 4 News they are unsure.
The claim “George Osborne has actually delivered a tax cut for the banks compared to last year, even after today’s announcement.” Ed Balls MP, responding to the Chancellors’ increased bank levy, February 8, 2011
The main finding of the Institute for Fiscal Studies annual alternative fiscal health check is that tax revenues are more buoyant than the Government had expected even in November…
Surrounded by death masks and shrouds, the IFS is giving its economic forecasts on the bowels of the British Museum. They are marginally but significantly gloomier than the OBR. blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
What a time to be a journalist – the last few days alone have produced a maelstrom of news that has left seasoned hacks wondering where on earth to turn next.
Sweeping reforms that could break-up Britain’s biggest banks will be the central focus of the banking inquiry in the coming months, the head of the commission said today.