Alistair darling
02 February 2012
Fundsmith founder Terry Smith has criticised the ‘extreme’ move by the UK’s honours committee to strip former RBS boss Fred Goodwin of his knighthood.
01 February 2012
Alistair Darling, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, has criticised the move to single out ex-Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief Fred Goodwin by stripping him of his knighthood.
05 September 2011
Alistair Darling has launched a scathing attack on Mervyn King's governorship of the Bank of England during the financial crisis, and warned the government's decision to hand more power to the institution is a mistake.
06 April 2010
Gordon Brown has confirmed the General Election will be held on 6 May, with the state of the economy and the future of financial services regulation to be the key manifesto targets.
06 April 2010
Did you watch the three chancellors last week? If not, you didn’t miss much and if you did you might be wondering why you bothered.
06 April 2010
The Government has changed its position on the private-placement market considerably according to parties involved in talks with financial services secretary Lord Myners.
29 March 2010
The first televised election debate kicks off on Channel 4 tonight, with a predictable focus on the state of the economy.
29 March 2010
Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Vince Cable have kicked off the election campaign with a live televised debate on the economy which saw them trading blows on issues including the national debt, financial services regulation and long term care.
29 March 2010
The budget is always an exciting day for those of us in the financial services industry.
29 March 2010
The IMA has welcomed the Chancellor’s move to increase Isa limits in line with inflation, saying it will continue to work with the Government to build on the Isa brand.
29 March 2010
Providers of Real estate investment trust (Reits) have welcomed changes made by Alistair Darling allowing them to pay dividends in stock instead of cash.
26 March 2010
Alistair Darling admitted last night that Labour’s planned cuts in public spending will be "deeper and tougher" than Margaret Thatcher's in the 1980s, as the country's leading experts on tax and spending warned that Britain faces "two parliaments of pain" to repair the black hole in the state's finances.
24 March 2010
Notes from the Budget: Alistair Darling does it very well. I’ve sat through many, and he delivers clearly, directly, smoothly.
24 March 2010
Banks were told to brace themselves for “payback time”, as Alistair Darling put the finishing touches to a Budget that will propose new bank taxes and force them to improve the way they deal with customers and small businesses.
23 March 2010
The Pre-Budget Report (PBR) should, according to the Treasury, “encourage debate on the proposals under consideration for the Budget”. But can you remember the Chancellor’s key messages from December?
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