A Robin Hood Tax would work. Trust me, I used to work for a hedge fund
Why is everyone still paying for the bankers’ mess – except the bankers themselves?
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Oakeshott attacks “grotesquely large” pay gap in society
Addressing yesterday’s TUC “After Austerity” event, Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott attacked the “grotesquely large” pay gap in society.
Miliband redirects Barclays rage to Cameron over PM’s inaction
Ed Miliband sought to refocus public anger over the Barclays Libor scandal toward David Cameron and George Osborne over their inaction and hypocrisy.
New OECD data shows how far Britain lags behind in women’s boardroom representation
New data from the OECD reveals just how far the UK lags behind other leading nations when it comes to equal gender representation in the boardroom.
Alec Baldwin, not Michael Douglas, will improve corporate ethics
Cormac Hollingsworth looks at the City’s idols; for all that Wall Street is known in the real world, Glengarry Glen Ross is the real star piece.
Are “Occupy Threadneedle Street” protests on the way?
The “Occupy Wall Street” protests that have hit the heart of New York’s financial district could be coming to the City of London.
Boris: The bankers’ best friend
Boris Johnson held more meetings with bankers and the financial services industry than with government ministers, the Met police, his electors or the press since coming to power.
Tory dependence on City money should come as no surprise
It was reveled this morning that more than half of Tory funds come from the City – double the proportion it was when David Cameron became leader, reports Shamik Das.
Osborne’s bank levy: The desperate action of a desperate chancellor
George Osborne thought his failure to secure any agreement on bank bonuses and lending plus his cynical ruse to give banks a massive corporation tax cut had been missed.
Will the government drop bankers’ pay legislation?
The Labour government in response to the public outrage on bankers’ pay promised to increase transparency by introducing legislation that would force banks to reveal the pay of their top earners. It wouldn’t name and shame but it would, for example, show how many people were earning more than £1 million or more than £10 million in any one bank.