banking
Keeping the Bank cooperative
Is there no alternative for the members of the Co-operative other than a demutualisation? Must they stand back and let the stock market decide whether basic bank accounts, prisoner bank accounts, and the back office for credit unions, be assessed on the basis of return on capital rather than return to community?
Poll: Majority of voters want an early election and don’t blame Labour for financial crisis
A majority of voters want an early election and don’t blame Labour for the UK financial crisis - blaming the banking sector more, a new poll today reveals.
Banking reform isn’t the complete solution – it’s also about culture, culture, culture
Jonathan Orde of the Young Fabians explains that it's not all about banking reform - City culture needs to be tackled too.
Introducing neo-con economics
Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth presents your cut-out-and-keep guido to neo-con economics.
Parliamentary motion calls on Barclays’s senior staff to stop fundraising for Romney
The row over Mitt Romney’s links with Barclays has entered a new phase with a Parliamentary Early Day Motion tabled today by a Labour MP.
Lord Glasman has developed a criticism of Keynes in a distinctively modern way
These might well be exciting times to be in the Labour party, writes Carl Packman.