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Bankers’ buddy Boris breaks promise not to slash police and fire budgets
Boris Johnson, the bankers’ best friend, is breaking his promise not to cut London’s police and fire brigade budgets, reports Shamik Das.
George “regulation was too burdensome” Osborne attacks Labour for being too lax
The chancellor today blamed Labour for lax regulation of the banks, yet accused them in 2006 of being too tough on regulation.
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.
Bankers should realise their risk to us – not the other way around
Only Labour continues to speak up for the taxpayer in banking, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
We’re all in this together… But they aren’t
In just one day, there have been two cases of better treatment for those at the top than at the bottom. Are we really all in this together, asks Alex Hern.
IDS gets that responsibility runs from bottom to top – why doesn’t the schools minister
Alex Hern asks whether Nick Gibb's focus on "got to have it now" culture wrongly focuses on celebrity over city greed.