Archive of articles from 2011

John Denham: Govt must address wider issue of bank lending

John Denham: Govt must address wider issue of bank lending

John Denham, Labour's shadow business secretary, welcomes Independent Commission on Banking report but calls for the government to address lending issues.

Ed Balls: Banking report should be the start point for reform

Ed Balls: Banking report should be the start point for reform

Ed Balls, Labour's shadow chancellor, responds to the Independent Commission on Banking's report and urges for it to be the start for reform not the end point.

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Analysis: Are the banks crying wolf over reform?

Time for reform? A clock watches over Canary Wharf, where the banking sector has been on overdrive in recent weeks.

Banks say the Vickers report reforms will prevent them lending and force them overseas. Does it stand up to scrutiny?

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Former Lib Dem Treasury spokesman: Banking reform should not wait till 2019

Former Lib Dem Treasury spokesman: Banking reform should not wait till 2019

Lord Oakeshott, former Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, tells Sky News that banking reforms should not wait till 2019.

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BBA: Vital to understand potential effects of further banking reforms

BBA: Vital to understand potential effects of further banking reforms

The British Bankers' Association point to progress made by UK banks in implementing reforms and caution against new reforms which have not been risk-evaluated.

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George Osborne: Banking Commission has done a good job and govt will implement

George Osborne: Banking Commission has done a good job and govt will implement

George Osborne, chancellor, welcomes the Independent Commission on Banking report and indicated that the government plans to stick to it.

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Unite: Delay to 2019 kicks banking reform into long grass

Unite: Delay to 2019 kicks banking reform into long grass

David Fleming, Unite national officer, accuses the government of kicking banking reform into the long-grass.

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Which?: We back Banking Commission's call for strong govt action

Which?: We back Banking Commission's call for strong govt action

Peter Vicary–Smith, chief executive of 'Which?' comments on the Independent Commission on Banking's final report.

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Brendan Barber's TUC Congress speech in full

Brendan Barber's speech to TUC Congress in full

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber's speech to the 2011 Congress in London, in full:

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David Cameron's Moscow speech in full

David Cameron's Moscow speech in full

David Cameron reaches out to Russia in a speech at Moscow State University:

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Banking reform report in full

The government hopes the Vickers report will help placate some public anger towards the banking sector

Read the long-awaited report by the Independent Commission on Banking on politics.co.uk.

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