Miliband: Time for prosecutions, proper regulation and an end to the “casino culture”
Ed Miliband today called for criminal prosecutions in the wake of the Barclays Libor scandal, saying people were “outraged and disgusted” by the rigging.
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The super rich one per cent are leaving everyone else behind
Are we still supposed to be “all in this together?”
Watch: Osborne’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy Chloe Smith gets Paxo’d
Watch: Chloe Smith, who on her last appearance on Newsnight didn’t know the difference between deficit and debt, was humiliated again over the fuel duty u-turn.
The Spanish banking crisis: Europe between a rock and a hard place
With the imminent recapitalisation of Spain’s banks, concerns grow that the Eurozone’s €100bn bailout may prove insufficient, triggering a greater crisis
As tax avoidance fills the headlines, 10,000 jobs to be cut at HMRC
Fifty-five thousand HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff are on strike today over plans to axe 10,000 jobs from the department.
The evidence-free dogma of demutualisation
As the London Metal Exchange demutualises after 400 years, we must be alive to the systemic risks of demutualisation – a harbinger of financial cataclysm.
Going green since the 70s? Introducing the Energy Consumption Guide
As the topic of energy consumption takes centre stage at the Rio+20 summit, a new interactive tool sheds new light on UK energy consumption since the 1970s.
There is a clash of priorities in the government’s austerity economics
What comes after austerity is the subject of a major conference being hosted by the TUC next week. But just how austere is the austerity age?
From Boots to Barclays: Why branch businesses are good for our cities
Paul Swinney of the Centre for Cities looks at the effects of independent businesses on the economy.
G20: Is Obama drawing a line between his approach and Cameron & Merkel’s austerity?
In the G20 Leaders Declaration at the Los Cabos summit in Mexico, has Barack Obama contrasted his approach to the austerity of David Cameron and Angela Merkel.