Banking report: is it a game-changer?
Is the independent report on banking “transformative”? Economics Editor Faisal Islam is not convinced.
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Is the independent report on banking “transformative”? Economics Editor Faisal Islam is not convinced.
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.
Our Economics Editor Faisal Islam on the impact on the wider Eurozone of Portugal’s request for a bail-out.
As Portugal becomes the latest EU country to ask for a bailout, George Osborne says the Government’s austerity measures are needed to prevent a similar crisis in the UK. Faisal Islam takes a look.
Pensions: the state ‘retirement revolution’ and the public sector tax raid – what you are not being told about the Pensions Green Paper, from Faisal Islam.
Despite the protests, arguments and riots, post-Budget the government and opposition are much closer than either would like to admit argues Faisal Islam
After the photo-call the rush to get the handshakes in first. Faisal Islam on a day of hugs and smiles in Brussels as Portugal and Ireland near economic crunch time.
Budget 2011: Economics Editor Faisal Islam on George Osborne’s give-with-one-hand, take-with-the-other budget.
As inflation hits a two-year high, Faisal Islam blogs on the “misery index” which suggests that so-called Osbornemania may be a bit premature ahead of Wednesday’s Budget.
As Chancellor George Osborne puts the final touches to his Budget, inflation rises to its highest level for 28 months. It’s another hit for the “misery index”, as Economics Editor Faisal Islam writes.
Although it may not be intended, plans to combine National Insurance and Income Tax could have major implications for all workers, blogs Faisal Islam.
Faisal Islam casts doubt on the theory that Japan’s economy will bounce back swiftly from the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
We need to reform public sector pensions because they are “gold plated” and “unfair” and “unaffordable”, right? Not necessarily, says Faisal Islam.
Public sector workers should expect to work longer and receive lower pensions, a report by Lord Hutton suggests – the perfect recipe for industrial action, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
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.