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  • 11 May 2012
    Why we need a Leveson Inquiry for the banks

    On the eve of the local elections, some extraordinary remarks by a Minister probably got less attention than they deserved.

    Defence Secretary and multi-millionaire property developer Philip Hammond tried to shift the blame for the financial crisis in the direction of ordinary UK households, saying, ‘the banks had to lend to someone’ and the people who took out loans were ‘consenting adults’.

  • 26 Apr 2012
    Barclays' AGM to face protests over 'banking on hunger'

    The World Development Movement will protest at the AGM of Barclays’ bank over the company’s role in fuelling global hunger by betting on food prices.

  • 31 Jan 2012
    Banks chiefs should be accountable for criminal negligence, says Tatchell

    Corporate bodies and their key executives should be accountable for criminal negligence and reckless misconduct, says civil rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

  • 29 Jan 2012
    Barclays Bank wins 'shame' award for gambling on food prices

    Barclays Bank has won a 'shame award', for speculating on food prices. The award was presented in Davos to coincide with the World Economic Forum.

  • 23 Jan 2012
    Swiss Quakers slam Swiss banks

    Quakers in Geneva have spoken out strongly against the "unethical behaviour" of banks and other financial institutions based in their own country.

  • 21 Jan 2012
    Occupy London publicly repossesses empty office block

    Occupy London, itself battling eviction from outside St Paul's Cathedral, has repossessed Roman House, an abandoned financial services office building.

  • 12 Dec 2011
    The bosses know best?

    When Vince Cable recently called for workers to be given a seat on company boards, and a say on what their bosses are paid, the business community was predictably dismissive.

  • 16 Oct 2011
    Demonstrations against financial greed sweep the world

    Millions of protesters in 82 countries and across a thousand cities have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the bailing out of the rich.

  • 12 Aug 2011
    Rich thugs, poor thugs

    Right-wing columnists are having a field day in the wake of the riots, demonising single parents, benefit recipients and working class people generally. To be consistent in condemning looting, we should criticise not only the rioters but the wealthy bankers and politicians who are looting our society.

  • 20 Jul 2011
    Hacking scandal is about power, say Christian socialists

    The Christian Socialist Movement has said that controversies over banking, phone hacking and MPs' expenses all show a failure to exercise power responsibly.