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'Lehman Sisters' would crash too, says top adviser

03.11.09
Gordon Brown's independent adviser on the City today rejected Harriet Harman's claim that the financial crisis would not have happened if women had been in charge of banks.... more

Growth is back but we need to be careful, says Bank chief

15.09.09
Bank of England chief Mervyn King said the economy had begun to pick up in recent months... more

Financial regulation: the Governor’s role

25.06.09
The Governor of the Bank of England made clear that he had not been fully consulted about the Government’s proposals for regulatory reform of the financial sector ... 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

UK should heed Obama on bonuses

05.02.09
President Obama has imposed pay restrictions on bank bosses whose firms are being bailed out by the US taxpayer. His explanation will resonate here...... more

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

New blow for Brown as bishop hits out at cult of financial boom

29.12.08
Gordon Brown suffered a fresh blow after the Bishop of London warned that people were wrong to have "invested their hopes" in never-ending economic growth... 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

Brown is accused of ‘going into hiding’

24.10.08
Gordon Brown was accused of staging a vanishing act as official figures confirmed the economy is diving into a recession... more

PM ally tells Darling to 'sort it out' at Treasury

26.06.08
Fresh questions about the political future of Chancellor Alistair Darling surfaced after a senior Labour MP criticised the Treasury for lacking leadership... more

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