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Virgin chief: I knew about BA price fixing

14.07.09
The British Airways-Virgin Atlantic price-fixing scandal went right to the top of Virgin as well, it has emerged ... more

Failed HBOS chief will take pension of £572,000 a year

17.02.09
The senior banker blamed for the crisis at HBOS came under fresh attack as it emerged that he is in line for a "scandalous" pension... more

Second HBOS whistleblower: Bank 'had a disregard for risk'

13.02.09
A second HBOS whistleblower claimed there was "a total disregard to the risk process" at the bank under Sir James Crosby... more

They were still in denial, all the way to the precipice

12.02.09
Revenge, as everyone knows, is a dish best served cold, and Paul Moore must be feeling satisfied today. It's nearly four years since he was sacked by Sir James Crosby and for much of that time his claims, that he had been pushed out because of his warnings about the risks that HBOS was running, were ignored. Even last year, as the banks were sliding into the mire, his protests on the BBC did not gain much traction.... more

Let's be honest, Brown is just as much to blame for this disaster

12.02.09
As a barrage of criticism forces banking watchdog Sir James Crosby to resign, the Evening Standard's City Editor reveals how even the Government encouraged the money-men to carry on unabated ... more

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

HBOS risk whistleblower puts heat on PM's ally

11.02.09
Banking: Claims by a former senior risk officer at British bank HBOS that he warned his bosses the bank was moving too fast have raised concern that risk warnings were ignored and put pressure on an ally of Prime Minister Gordon Brown... more

Banking regulator Sir James Crosby quits over claim he silenced critic

11.02.09
A City regulator has been forced to quit over claims that he sacked a whistleblower who warned of the banking crisis... more

Brown’s adviser ‘sacked banker who got it right’

10.02.09
One of Gordon Brown's key City advisers has been accused of sacking a whistleblower who warned that risky bank practices would "lead to disaster"... more

Why Kyle is Caesar appealing to the baying crowds at the expense of society's most vulnerable people

10.09.08
Ministers want to pay him a fortune in taxpayers' money to be their mouthpiece - but TV's Jeremy Kyle stands accused of cynically exploiting the desperate and the mentally ill.... more

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