Miliband attacks “slow to act, bankrolled by the banks” Cameron at PMQs
Ed Miliband and David Cameron clashed over the need for a full banking inquiry at Prime Minister’s Questions today.
Ed Miliband and David Cameron clashed over the need for a full banking inquiry at Prime Minister’s Questions today.
Last summer, rioters made the headlines; this summer, it’s criminal bankers. David Cameron exhibited great zeal for punishing the one, so why not the other?
George Osborne again ruled out a full public inquiry into the scandal-plagued banking sector – even as disgraced Barclays chief Bob Diamond finally resigned.
Ed Miliband sought to refocus public anger over the Barclays Libor scandal toward David Cameron and George Osborne over their inaction and hypocrisy.
The chancellor today blamed Labour for lax regulation of the banks, yet accused them in 2006 of being too tough on regulation.
Ed Miliband today called for criminal prosecutions in the wake of the Barclays Libor scandal, saying people were “outraged and disgusted” by the rigging.
Making it easier for British multinationals to shift the profits they make into tax havens makes no sense whatsoever, explains ActionAid’s Chris Jordan.
Cormac Hollingsworth explains how the warning signs for Barclays’s tax-dodging were there back in 2008.
Cormac Hollingsworth details how shareholders of big business can be the left’s greatest ally when it comes to promoting responsible capitalism
Tamasin Cave argues the American lobbying regulations should show the Tories how to do transparency, and that the watered down British version doesn’t work.