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Metro bank shares plummet as bank seeks to raise millions to bolster finances
Shares in Metro Bank, which was founded in the wake of the financial crisis, have fallen sharply today, after reports that it’s seeking to raise hundreds of millions of pounds in extra funds.
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Rosebank oil development part of ‘just’ transition to net zero, says Environment Secretary
We speak to Environment Secretary Therese Coffey to discuss what the government is doing to tackle the biodiversity crisis.
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Investment outside London could bring £100bn boost to economy, says Bank of England’s former chief economist
Andy Haldane, the former chief economist at the Bank of England, has jumped into the controversy over the future of the HS2 high-speed rail link.
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UK ‘needs to protect decent jobs’ – Oil and gas lobby backs Rosebank decision
We’re joined from Aberdeen by David Whitehouse – the chief executive of Offshore Energies UK, which represents North Sea oil and gas producers.
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Rosebank: UK’s largest untapped oil field approved for development
According to the government the Rosebank oil field will bring jobs, improve the UK’s finances and lessen our dependence on hostile oil producers like Russia.
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Bank of England freezes interest rates after 14 increases in a row
For the first time in nearly two years the Bank of England has frozen interest rates.
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Student poverty: Quarter of UK universities run food banks
For students, struggling to make ends meet often comes with the territory – but while the cost of living has soared over the last year, maintenance loans have not.
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‘A significant impact on services’: Birmingham could suffer after bankruptcy warns expert
We spoke to Councillor Stephen Houghton who is the chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, a collective of 47 urban councils known as SIGOMA.
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Birmingham City Council declares itself ‘effectively bankrupt’
Birmingham City council, the biggest local authority in the country, has effectively declared itself bankrupt with a formal notice of financial distress.
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Bank of England raises interest rates for fourteenth time in a row
Bank of England interest rates went up for the fourteenth time in a row today, to 5.25 per cent, meaning more pain for mortgage holders across the country.
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FCA threatens ‘robust action’ for banks offering low savings rates
The Bank of England has raised interest rates 13 times in the last 18 months – but today the financial regulator said big banks have failed to pass on those higher rates to their savers.
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“Not convinced by the evidence for a windfall tax on the banks”, says shadow chancellor
Labour wants banks to be compelled to follow a new set of rules – rather than just leaving it up to them.
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Farage bank row: ‘This is not the first case like this’, says David Davis MP
Earlier Matt spoke to the former Brexit secretary, David Davis, who’s described the decision to close Nigel Farage’s account as “thinly veiled political discrimination”.
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NatWest boss admits ‘serious error of judgement’ in discussing Nigel Farage’s bank account with BBC journalist
The boss of NatWest Bank has admitted to a “serious error of judgement” by discussing the bank’s relationship with Nigel Farage.
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Black bank manager says arrest was motivated by race
An award winning Black bank manager who was wrongly accused of a string of serious crimes says promises by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to end discrimination in the force are meaningless.