New remit given to FCA by chancellor raises fears of a weakening of rules meant to avert another financial crisisThe financial regulator has been ordered to encourage more risk-taking across the City, raising concerns that the...
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Read MoreMPs find Treasury-affiliated bodies have engaged Horizon firm since damning 2019 high court judgmentThe Japanese technology company Fujitsu, whose flawed technology for the Post Office led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds...
Read MoreReport shows Labour move to scrap many rules and processes as party denies plan will dilute consumer protectionsMartha Lane Fox: green economy must be next UK government’s No 1 priority Labour has pledged to...
Read MoreInquiry aims to find out extent of denial of banking services to politically exposed persons such as politicians and army leadersThe City watchdog is to write to politicians and civil servants asking whether they have been...
Read MoreChancellor wants Financial Conduct Authority to investigate whether practice is ‘widespread’Jeremy Hunt has asked the financial regulator to urgently investigate whether banks are barring politicians from accounts on...
Read MoreFormer Ukip leader is still taking legal action against bank demanding compensation and apologyNigel Farage has said that the newly installed boss of Coutts has offered to keep his accounts there open, reversing a decision that...
Read MoreFinancial Conduct Authority’s call for calm suggests it does not think bank chair, Howard Davies, should resignThe City regulator has urged NatWest shareholders, including the UK government, to “choose...
Read MoreFCA’s new rules aimed at improving value for money for customers and preventing ‘foreseeable harm’The biggest regulatory shake-up of UK retail financial services for two decades will come into force on Monday...
Read MoreNigel Farage calls for royal commission as data shows big jump in customers being ‘debanked’Banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every working day, according to new data that has fuelled the growing row over...
Read MoreTreasury committee requests evidence from women in business to determine whether progress has been made since its 2018 investigationA parliamentary committee is renewing an inquiry into sexism and misogyny in the City after a...
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MPs vote to give leave to bring in private
As part of a comprehensive programme of renationalisation, the
Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to
Members of the national assembly banned from entering building
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to
Andrew RT Davies narrowly won a confidence vote but
Change in schedule comes after Wallace stepped back from
Davies says position ‘untenable’ despite narrowly winning confidence vote,
Tougher guidance in England and Wales will also prevent
Minister for safeguarding unveils measures including ‘right to know’,