Regional banks: a crucial ingredient to help small business
On 19 November, I was at a meeting at the German Embassy with the head of the German…
Banks
Balls says money raised from banking fines should go to the NHS
In a speech today at Labour’s East of England regional conference in Ipswich, Ed Balls has announced that…
Putting bank lending under scrutiny
Later this month the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the British Bankers Association will publish the third tranche…
Most voters blame the banks, not Labour, for the crash
A year from the general election Progressive Polling has revisited who voters believe caused the financial crash in…
Is this Tory MP quite literally in the pocket of the banks?
It’s often said that the Tories are in the pocket of the banks, but one Tory MP appears…
Miliband wants a Britain where the banks work for you – not the other way round
George Osborne may have stolen his thunder somewhat with a tactically timed non-pledge to possibly, maybe increase the…
Are the banks Labour’s next target?
During the course of Ed Miliband’s leadership the party has had some of its greatest successes when there…
It’s time for Labour to take on the banks
On Saturday, Ed Miliband took a stand against the banking industry, calling for a Leveson-style investigation into recent…
The LIBORs we tell ourselves
The LIBOR scandal is being commented on as the scandal that will break the camel’s back. The one…
