bankers’ bonuses
George Osborne is on weak ground opposing sensible proposals on bank bonuses
Despite record fines for everything from mis-selling to Libor rate fixing and even money laundering, it has been another season of bumper bonuses. Yet against this backdrop our chancellor finds himself in Brussels arguing against a plan to rein in excessive bonuses.
Revealed: the pay gap at Britain’s top firms
Left Foot Forward looks at the pay gap between best paid and worst paid at some of Britain's best known firms.
Balls calls for “three more u-turns” – on a bankers’ bonus tax, 50p and the ‘granny tax’
As the Finance Bill reaches its final stages in the Commons today, Ed Balls has called on George Osborne to u-turn on bonuses, the 50p cut and the ‘granny tax’.
Bank reform proposals a small step forward but lack radicalism
Ben Fox gives an in-depth analysis of the Independent Commission on Banking interim report on the future of UK banking.
Coalition fails “moment of truth” on bankers’ bonuses
Last month, Lord Oakeshott describe Project Merlin as "a real moment of truth for the coalition on fairness". The peer has tonight resigned over the Government's deal on banking.
Banks let off the hook on lending
The long awaited outcome of the government’s “Project Merlin” deal with the banks has been published. Questions are already being […]