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George Osborne has said he is now ready to consider selling the Government's 39% stake in Lloyds. A share issue to investors and institutions could happen within the next few months, with the possibility of shares being offered to the public in a later offering. Delivering his annual Mansion House address last night, th...
Sir Mervyn King has hinted at an end to the Bank of England’s quantitative easing programme. Speaking at the annual Mansion House dinner in the City, the outgoing...
In his annual Mansion House address tonight the Chancellor will set out the next stage of the Government’s plan to take the banking system from rescue to recovery. ...
Ed Balls MP, Labour's shadow chancellor, responding to the Chancellor's speech at the Mansion House dinner, said: "We have always argued that the future of RBS an...
Mark Garnier said the option of criminal sanctions on reckless bankers would act “like the nuclear deterrent”. “I think an awful lot of bankers would have had som...
Baroness Kramer argued bankers should be subject to genuine sanctions for reckless behaviour, but dismissed the idea politicians should face the same. “I expect p...