banks

March 20, 2018

MPs criticise secret lenders ahead of Mozambique debt talks in London

Today the Mozambique government will meet private creditors in London to discuss debt restructuring proposals on allegedly 'secret loans'.
March 13, 2018

UK banking authority urged to act over $4.5 billion corruption scandal

Campaigners have urged the Financial Conduct Authority to take action over the role of British banks in handling more than US$2 billion of funds in a major international corruption scandal.
March 10, 2018

Decimation of Trading Standards services leaving older people open to fraud, says Age UK

Dramatic cuts in Trading Standards budgets since 2010 are leaving millions of older people at greater risk of becoming victims of fraud, according to a new policy report by Age UK.
February 21, 2018

Boost productivity with a new national investment bank, urges Civitas

Investment in the UK has fallen from about a quarter of GDP in 1990, to just over 16 per cent – well below that of most advanced economies.
February 8, 2018

Millions struggling to cope with credit card debt, says NEF

British consumers are increasingly struggling to cope under an ever-growing mountain of credit card debt, warns the New Economics Foundation.
November 15, 2017

UK financial system 'least resilient in the G7'

Britain’s financial system is by far the least resilient of all the G7 major economies – and the threats posed by Brexit make it even more exposed to future shocks, according to a new report from the New Economics Foundation.
April 24, 2015

HSBC is the UK’s most secretive bank, says Christian Aid

A comparison of what the UK’s big four High Street banks reveal about their operations around the world shows that HSBC is currently the most secretive, says Christian Aid.
April 15, 2015

Rewriting history and our Election campaign

Many dramas are based on a true story. I never thought I’d see a General Election based on fiction.
August 21, 2014

Misreading the parable of the talents

There are few passages in the Bible that I feel more strongly about than the parable of the talents. This is partly because of the worrying ideas that are justified by the way it is usually interpreted. I am convinced we have been reading the parable “upside down”.
January 16, 2014

Motion on banking diversity goes to Scottish Parliament

Scottish Greens and their independent allies are stepping up their calls for a move towards genuine diversity in the banking sector.