‘Labour shouldn’t fixate on bankers’ bonuses – here’s how to fix the City’
Generally speaking, when bank regulations hit the headlines it usually means that something has gone catastrophically wrong. So…
Banking
‘Our banks often exclude the poorest. A Fair Banking Act could change that’
Today, the insidious and growing presence of illegal money lenders in towns and cities around the UK is…
Gareth Thomas: RBS has posted another loss so let’s shake-up the City and turn part of the bank into a mutual
Ministers should create a new mutual bank to compete with the big four banks for business and individual…
Corbyn kicks off new year populist pitch with stinging attack on the Brexit chaos delivered by Tory “ruling elite”
Jeremy Corbyn will provide a taste of his tougher anti-establishment rhetoric tomorrow when he says the Tory crisis over Brexit…
The left has a proud tradition of mutuality that can help provide answers to the demand to “take back control”
As the political uncertainties and consequences of Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory swirl around, the Co-operative Party will…
Metro mayors should appoint co-op deputies, new report demands
The new breed of metro mayors should appoint deputies to champion the growth of co-operatives across their regions,…
Let’s tackle the unfinished business of the global financial crisis, a Consensus activist writes
Banks have never had the best of reputations, and the 2008 global financial crisis felt to many like…
Britain is “more lax” than Luxembourg, says top McDonnell advisor
Britain is becoming increasingly like a tax haven, one of John McDonnell’s economic advisors has warned. Taxes on fund…
If our plans for a British Investment Bank are to succeed then we need to break up RBS
The importance of getting banking reform right is pretty obvious – banks are the engines of a…
Putting bank lending under scrutiny
Later this month the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the British Bankers Association will publish the third tranche…
