Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey has put forward new proposals that would see anyone guilty of manipulating energy prices facing up to two years...
The Bank of England has revealed plans for tougher regulations for bankers, including clawing back bonuses after they have been paid and long jail terms for...
British companies that use bribes to win contracts could face tougher penalties, following new guidelines set out by the Sentencing Council. The guidelines recommend that judges...
Five of the six Britons detained by Russian authorities for 100 days after a Greenpeace protest at an Arctic oil rig have arrived back in London....
Greenpeace has vowed to return to the Arctic and step up its efforts to prevent oil companies exploiting the region, despite the drawn-out detention of the...
The 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists, held by Russian authorities since a protest at an Arctic oil rig in September, are to be set freed,...
It is 29 years to the day since a gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killed thousands and impacted countless others....
A crewmember from Brazil and a British videographer face between 10 and 15 years in jail as part of a Greenpeace group that protested against oil...
Amendments to the banking reform bill will introduce higher standards of conduct for bankers and additional measures to protect customers from banks’ failures. Under draft legislation,...
Chris Huhne, the former MP who was jailed in March for perverting the course of justice, has landed a £100,000-a-year job at a US biomass firm....
Ethical bank Triodos is on the lookout for social investors to pledge money towards a new five-year bond that aims to give employment opportunities to former...
Sending senior bankers to prison for reckless behaviour may not bring about the wholesale positive changes regulators expect, according to the law profession’s trade body. The...
It’s been a week since the banking commission reported on the industry’s “shocking and widespread malpractice”. Apart from the initial flurry of media interest, the report is...
The threat of prison sentences would give bankers “pause for thought” in acting in a reckless, irresponsible and unsustainable manner, according to a major report by...