RBS boss Hester admits bailed-out bank will be corporation tax-free zone
Faisal Islam’s full interview with RBS Chief Executive Stephen Hester.
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A compelling brand opportunity or an online mess? Internet expert Theo Hnarakis writes for Channel 4 News on the significance of expected changes to internet domain names.
Chancellor George Osborne backs plans to ring-fence banks’ retail arms and says he will sell Northern Rock. Gary Gibbon says he is trying to signal the beginning of the end of the financial crisis.
Activists angry about proposed cuts to the NHS protest outside high street banks across the country, occupying some and transforming them into pretend hospitals.
More than three million people are in line for compensation after the banking industry dropped its legal battle over the widely mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance.
Police have defended their tactics after violence broke out in Trafalgar Square following the spending cuts demonstration. More than 200 people were arrested and dozens injured.
Tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating against government cuts to public spending. There were clashes between police and protesters in parts of London with 75 arrests.
Three policeman and at least two protesters are reported to have been killed as Government troops clear demonstrators camped out at Manama’s Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain.
Barclays’ chief executive Bob Diamond has received £6.5 million to become Britain’s best paid bank boss. Siobhan Kennedy says the pay out makes a mockery of the Merlin agreement.
Faisal Islam’s full interview with RBS Chief Executive Stephen Hester.
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
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.