507 items found
Business Secretary Vince Cable announces plans for a business bank to increase lending to businesses, but shadow Chancellor Ed Balls says it is time for an alternative economic plan to boost growth.
Gary Gibbon
As billed, Jeremy Hunt is emphasising the extra and unpopular references and burdens he was willing to put on News Corp over their bid for all of BSkyB. He quotes James Murdoch saying they were “tantamount to killing the deal.” But the real interest so far will be the text exchanges on the day Vince Cable’s sting by the Telegraph was fully disclosed.
Gary Gibbon
In the course of his evidence to the Leveson inquiry, Vince Cable has come across his own “adviser problem” – even if it’s of a very different order to the one faced by Jeremy Hunt.
Business secretary Vince Cable tells the Leveson Inquiry of ‘veiled threats’ against his party if he made the ‘wrong decision’ over News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB.
Europe’s governments and banks prepare the ground for a possible Greek exit of the euro, as politicians in Greece try to maintain the country’s position in the single currency.
Banks are “imperilling” Britain’s economic recovery by trapping thousands of firms in a “valley of death”, says Business Secretary Vince Cable.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon suggests the demise of Chris Huhne has enhanced the power of one of the last Lib Dem big beasts Vince Cable – and that he knows it.
The business secretary announces proposals to give shareholders more power and increase transparency in executive pay. But a policy expert tells Channel 4 News the plans don’t go far enough.
Business Secretary Vince Cable tells Channel 4 News global financial instability is making the world a “very dangerous place at the moment”.
Business Secretary Vince Cable says companies should have publicly to justify bonuses and executives’ salaries.
Vince Cable gives a downbeat assessment of the UK economy but insists he is “positively committed” to the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, as Gary Gibbon reports.
After days of market turmoil over fears for the US and eurozone economies, Business Secretary Vince Cable tells Channel 4 News the UK is an oasis in the present financial turmoil.
Vince Cable has attacked the “right-wing nutters” in the US who are threatening to cripple the world economy. The Business Secretary also said there were “big questions” about the Murdoch empire.
The Business Secretary Vince Cable tells unions that if public sector strike action threatens the economy, the Government will look at changing strike laws.
Exclusive: Ed Miliband appeals to Vince Cable and other senior Liberal Democrats to defect to Labour because the Coalition Government has “betrayed” their principles, writes Cathy Newman.