As the FT has noted this morning, the number of mortgages in arrears has reached a seven-year high. And it has not just crept up,
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Caroline Lucas wants our banks taxed more on their unearned inmcome from the Bank of England
Caroline Lucas MP was in action in the Commons today asking the Government Treasury team a question based on work I have done on banks
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The government should now become the UK’s savings bank of choice. It is long overdue that it was
The Guardian has reported this morning that: The UK government’s savings bank, NS&I, has “thrown down the gauntlet” to high street rivals by launching a
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The UK government’s ‘bung’ to our commerical banks: additional data
Before deciding to publish the research that I had undertaken on the amount paid by the Bank of England to the UK’s commercial banks on
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We live in an economy run for the benefit of bankers
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning. I admit that at 2,000 words it is rather long. However, what I am suggesting is that
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Banks are deeply misunderstood, including by bankers and, most especially, it would seem, by the FT
There is a very telling article in the FT this morning that was posted in reaction to Itay’s new windfall tax on bank profits. This
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Will the Bank of England continue with its policy of creating financial mayhem tomorrow?
It is widely expected that the Bank of England will increase its base rate for the fourteenth time since 2021 when it meets tomorrow. Whether
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The unbanked – and what to do about the problem
If the media was to be believed, the fact that there are people without access to bank accounts in the UK has only just been
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Is there a future for ethical banking?
I posted this on Twitter this morning: The question is serious, and gets to the core of the Farage canpaign. The object of Farage, Sunak,
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