The question for 2011: what price keeping HSBC & Standard Chartered headquartered in Britain?
Faisal Islam assesses what the true cost will be if major banking institutions start to flee UK shores.
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Faisal Islam assesses what the true cost will be if major banking institutions start to flee UK shores.
David Cameron says Prince Andrew’s role as UK trade envoy will not be reviewed as a royal source tells Channel 4 News the prince’s meeting with businessman Jeffrey Epstein was “very unwise”.
As Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives initial approval to News Corp’s plans to take over BSkyB, he tells Channel 4 News the move strengthens safeguards on plurality of media ownership.
Sky News will be spun off by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, allowing the media mogul’s proposed deal to take full control of BSkyB to go ahead with Government backing.
Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy reacts to the rumours that Sky News could be sold and looks at the possible ramifications.
With all the bashing, regulations and the 50% tax bracket Britain’s financiers are on the move and discovering a far more banker-friendly haven in Switzerland.
There has been a 28 per cent increase in the number of British bankers and financial services workers migrating to Switzerland, writes Business Producer Ben King.
Jon Snow blogs on how political events have been keeping him on his toes – including the confirmation of the resignation of Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Lord Oakeshott live on air.
As Chancellor George Osborne announces that bank bonuses will fall this year, Channel 4 News looks in detail at the Government’s proposals.
Lord Oakeshott has left his Treasury role “by mutual agreement” after criticising the Government’s Project Merlin bank deal. The departure was confirmed live on Channel 4 News by Danny Alexander.
Channel 4 News has learned that David Cameron’s new Trade Minister is in line for a £3.6m share payout from banking giant HSBC – as the Government attempts to strike a deal on bankers’ bonuses.
Channel 4 News has learned that David Cameron’s new Trade Minister is in line for a £3.6m share payout from banking giant HSBC – as the Government attempts to strike a deal on bankers’ bonuses.
Chancellor George Osborne has defended his austerity plan to Channel 4 News saying that abandoning the deficit reduction plan, would drag the country “back into the danger zone”.
Chancellor George Osborne has defended his austerity plan to Channel 4 News saying that abandoning the deficit reduction plan, would drag the country “back into the danger zone”.
In his first speech as Prime Minister to the World Economic Forum in Davos, David Cameron insists that Britain will stick to the austerity measures and pledges a Budget for growth in the Spring.