David Cameron has defended the government’s position on bankers’ bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), but said he would veto any attempt by the...
The Labour party has called on the government to act upon EU rules that would cap the bonuses paid to banking executives. Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s...
HM Revenue and Customs has “lost its nerve” in the fight against tax avoidance by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals, a committee of MPs has claimed....
The National Audit Office (NAO) has described the first sale of government shares in the Lloyds Banking Group as being “managed effectively” and providing “value for...
The government has revealed details of the social investment tax relief, which aims to encourage investors to consider the social impact of their investments as well...
The government should introduce a tax relief for social impact investments in order to widen the sector’s attraction to the retail market, specialist ethical financial advisers...
The sustainable investment industry has called on George Osborne’s autumn statement to show an awareness of long-term megatrends such as climate change and resource scarcity while...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) could be implicated in another scandal, the outgoing chairman of UK Financial Investments (UKFI) has said. The potential penalties relate...
Peter Marks, former chief executive of the Co-operative Group, has told the Treasury select committee that the Co-op Bank can no longer be dubbed as ‘ethical’...
On a typical energy bill of £1,500, environmental taxes add around £70. That £70 invests in the development of clean, limitless and domestically generated energy. It...
With George Osborne, what he doesn’t say is often more interesting than what he does. It’s been clear for some time that the chancellor of the...
In delaying climate change action, we are making the biggest dice roll in recent memory, argues Jae Mather. There are three stages people go through in...
16 armed forces charities will share £2.5 million from a fund created from penalties taken from banks after the manipulation of the Libor inter-bank lending rate,...
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have returned a £520,000 donation left to “whichever government is in office” by an elderly woman in her will. The parties...
The government must take resource risk seriously in order to create a sustainable manufacturing economy that is focused on the long-term, according to a new report...