Portland City Council is expected to create a permanent socially responsible investment committee on Wednesday. The council says it is determined to seek out investments that...
Despite reforms in recent years, banks that are deemed ‘too big to fail’ are still taking bigger risks because of the expectation that governments will support...
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We need honesty, not short-term headline grabbing, from politicians about the real reason energy bills are going ever upwards, argues Richard Griffiths of Parity Projects. For...
Financial consultants involved in advising local authorities to take high-risk investments in Icelandic banks that subsequently failed are now advising councils on Libor rate-rigging losses, despite...
Lloyds Bank, which remains partly owned by the government, has sold its remaining stake in wealth management firm St James’s Place, raising £680 million. The bank...
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,...
The expected economic benefits of HS2 are decreasing as the costs relating to the proposed high speed rail line continue to spiral, according to a group...
The parliamentary commission on banking standards has asked the chancellor George Osborne to consider splitting up the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), in order to keep...
Around 5,000 badgers are set to be shot in Somerset and Gloucestershire in an effort to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB). However, opponents claim...
With the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) heading towards re-privatisation, CEO Stephen Hester, who has run the bank since 2008, has announced his intention to quit....
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is expected to agree a £350m fine for its role in the Libor rate-rigging scandal that emerged earlier this year...