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MPs call for retail banks to split from ‘casinos’

13.10.09
Leading MPs called on the Government to force investment banks to be split from retail banks in its forthcoming legislation on banking regulation ... more

Parliament to investigate sexism and glass ceilings in Square Mile

23.07.09
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Joe Lewis intrigue over Alphameric

18.05.09
What is the canny but reclusive investor, Joe Lewis, up to in the racing world? ... more

Who are MPs to call others naive? They haven't a clue

18.05.09
Please sir, in my next life can I be John McFall or, failing that, a member of his Treasury Select Committee? The reason I ask is that it must be great fun to sit in judgment on others, to not have a clue how their industry works or where they're coming from, and then to slag them off... ... more

Don't be too harsh on us, say bankers

15.05.09
Bankers hit back at criticism from the Treasury Select Committee, claiming that new regulations on pay could damage the wider economy ... more

Labour MPs rubbish Darling’s ‘optimistic’ recovery forecasts

06.05.09
Alistair Darling’s confident forecast of a return to economic growth next year was blasted as “optimistic” in a cross-party report... more

The case for bringing the banking big shots to heel

01.05.09
People who say the Treasury Select Committee report into the banking crisis tells us little we did not already know rather miss the point ... more

End of a bad week: Labour MPs say Brown is 'doomed'

01.05.09
Gordon Brown took a fresh battering as Labour MPs said he was “doomed” and former cabinet minister Charles Clarke said he was ashamed to be in the party... more

When Myners saw McFall for a cosy chat...

30.04.09
How intriguing. Just what were City minister Lord Myners and Commons Treasury Select Committee chairman John McFall talking about so animatedly the other night? ... more

The Met is still out of control - sort it, Boris

07.04.09
In 25 years as a journalist, I have never come across a scandal like the Metropolitan Police losing £30 million of Londoners' money in the Icelandic banking collapse... more

Yard lost £30m after warning to pull out of Icelandic bank

06.04.09
Scotland Yard lost £30million by investing in a flawed Icelandic bank weeks after its financial adviser urged it to pull out... more

Knives out for Sir Victor at dons' high table

20.03.09
No one seems to have a good word for Sir Victor Blank, chairman of Lloyds, who happily signed up to the merger of HBOS without, as his chief executive admits, doing anywhere near enough due diligence... more

The bruiser handing out a battering to our greedy bank bosses

04.03.09
Treasury Select Committee chair John McFall is shrugging off the snipers as he earns his spurs tearing into those behind the financial crisis... more

An evening’s whiff-whaff with a charitable banker

16.02.09
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Treasury Select Committee MPs don't have a clue

12.02.09
The bankers have been given quite a kicking for their role in the financial crisis this week. But something else became all too clear in Westminster: almost no one on the Treasury Select Committee has a clue what they are doing. ... more

Bail-out bankers will get their bonuses after all

12.02.09
The Government has given up its bid to stop bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland paying out bonuses to the dealers who brought it to its knees... more

Lloyds boss 'won't take bonus'

11.02.09
Lloyds chief executive Eric Daniels said that he will not take a bonus for last year, a move that will pile pressure on senior staff at other banks to follow suit... more

'Fat cats' play victim card and get away with it

10.02.09
The defining moment of this supposed public humiliation came early on. It was when the bank chiefs were asked about their remuneration, whether they thought their company's bonus policy had contributed to the subsequent disaster. ... more

Bailed-out bankers facing curbs on fat cat bonuses

05.02.09
Failing banks have been threatened with pay curbs if they award “exorbitant” bonuses and salaries... more

Angry MPs want some answers at City grilling

22.01.09
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Barclays shares tumble, pressure to nationalise Lloyds and RBS grows

21.01.09
Shares in banking giant Barclays took a fresh pummelling as investors continued to fret over the outlook for the beleaguered industry... more

Darling: We are far from through this recession

07.01.09
Alistair Darling has admitted the recession is "far from through" and signalled dramatic new measures to promote recovery... more

‘Warning shot’ fired at banks refusing to lend

21.11.08
Banks facing fury from ministers over their refusal to boost lending were warned to act before the “lid is blown off”... more

No10 refuses to rule out banks takeover

21.11.08
The Prime Minister dramatically upped the stakes in the battle to make banks boost lending by refusing to rule out full-scale nationalisation... more

Bailout agency to make sure banks are lending

03.11.08
A new government agency to oversee the £37billion bank bailout was unveiled with a direct remit to get money flowing again to recession-hit businesses... more

Bail-out rules to be eased

16.10.08
Gordon Brown fuelled hopes the Government would ease the terms of its £37 billion bank rescue deal, saying he could relax rules on dividends... more

Iceland row puts rating agencies in firing line

14.10.08
Pressure is mounting for an in-depth investigation into the big three credit rating agencies, which stand accused of missing banking problems ranging from Iceland to the US subprime mortgage crisis ... more

Villains of the drama await punishment ... or reprieve

10.10.08
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Bank left reeling as deputy quits

19.06.08
The Bank of England was in turmoil after the resignation of Sir John Gieve, the deputy accused of neglecting his duties during the collapse of Northern Rock... more

Aviva's £5 billion balancing act

21.05.08
This generation of policyholders will get a significant windfall simply by being in the right place at the right time... more

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