TheGuardian

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In reality, the politics of this move are not so cheery. What political analysts call “the optics” are truly terrible on this one. And whether in the referendum’s 48% or 52%, everyone could have rallied around the idea that it was a modest sacrifice for a great national reward. Continue reading.

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TheGuardian

JULY 24, 2023

Uxbridge and South Ruislip byelection win has led to some Tories arguing green measures that drive up costs for people should be delayed or abandoned Q: Why should anyone believe you will build 300,000 homes a year when the government has not been doing that? Gove said he was someone who, when he made a promise, delivered on it. Continue reading.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 21, 2021

The Sunday Times reported that the former prime minister, who was an adviser and shareholder in Greensill, sent multiple texts to Rishi Sunak in April 2020, in hopes of gaining access to cheap, 100% government-backed loans through the Covid corporate financing facility (CCFF). Continue reading.

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TheGuardian

JULY 28, 2023

Establishment voices outraged by his ejection from Coutts were silent when charities were falsely linked to terrorism “Every law-abiding citizen in this country should have the right to a bank account,” Nigel Farage writes in the Daily Telegraph as he claims to stand up for vulnerable people in his campaign against “woke capitalism”.

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TheGuardian

JULY 26, 2023

To be absolutely clear, no bank should deny an account to a customer because of their lawful politics. That’s a no-brainer civil liberty issue, even in the case of a millionaire like the former Ukip leader. If that is definitively what happened between Coutts bank and Farage, it was wrong.

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TheGuardian

JULY 26, 2023

There is a real sense of disquiet that political pressure has led to a midnight exit for such an important banking CEO,” an official at the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, told the Guardian. They should have allowed due process.”

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TheGuardian

JULY 28, 2022

About 8% of borrowers – 130,000 firms – have so far failed to repay government-backed emergency loans Taxpayers have been left to foot a £421m bill to cover soured Covid debts, after one in 12 businesses defaulted on state-backed emergency loans distributed at the height of the pandemic, official figures reveal.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 12, 2023

Jeremy Hunt announces move after meetings with Rishi Sunak and Bank of England governor over ‘high priority’ issue The UK government is drawing up plans for an emergency cash lifeline for tech firms hit by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank UK (SVB UK), as the chancellor warned the sector was at “serious risk”. Continue reading.

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TheGuardian

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Chancellor said to be planning to slash corporation tax surcharge from 8% to 3% from April 2023 Rishi Sunak is preparing to announce a tax cut for Britain’s biggest banks at next week’s budget to maintain the competitiveness of the City of London after Brexit, according to reports, despite plans to raise taxes on workers.

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TheGuardian

JULY 26, 2023

After last-minute interventions from both the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, board members convened for a late-night virtual call that was to spell the end of Rose’s 31-year career with the bank. Continue reading.

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TheGuardian

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Never mind Tufton Street, our first investment banker prime minister shows that the Square Mile truly rules Westminster It has been a week of firsts in British politics. Rishi Sunak’s first job was at the US investment bank Goldman Sachs. He went on to spend 14 years in the sector before becoming an MP. Continue reading.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 30, 2021

Lex Greensill described as ‘Senior Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office’, adding to pressure on David Cameron over links to failed financier Labour has renewed its calls for a full investigation into David Cameron’s role in the collapse of the Greensill finance empire after a business card emerged that appeared to confirm its founder, Lex Greensill, had (..)

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TheGuardian

JUNE 23, 2022

Sector says £5bn energy profits levy will make investment in new projects and renewables more difficult Rishi Sunak has asked Britain’s biggest banks to keep the money taps flowing to the oil and gas sector after slapping it with a windfall tax.

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TheGuardian

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Rishi Sunak said the government would increase the proportion of profits exempt from the bank surcharge from £25m to £100m from April 2023. It means the first £100m of any bank’s earnings will avoid the sector-specific tax, which is also due to drop from 8% to 3% that year.

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TheGuardian

JULY 27, 2022

Tweaks suggested by Sunak and Truss will create longer-term problems. The need for a third support package is inescapable In the contest to mouth the words “tax cuts” as often as possible to attract the gaze of Tory party members, Rishi Sunak now says he would remove VAT on energy bills for a year.

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TheGuardian

OCTOBER 28, 2021

We learn in the budget that he is to increase the national living wage by 59p an hour. For someone working 35 hours, that amounts to an increase of £20.65 a week, which becomes £16.52 after income tax.

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TheGuardian

MAY 12, 2020

Signalling a sharp increase in lending to firms during the pandemic, Rishi Sunak , the chancellor, said that more than 304,000 companies have benefited from two separate government-backed loan schemes.

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TheGuardian

OCTOBER 6, 2020

National Audit Office warns of £26bn taxpayer loss on bounce-back loan scheme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Taxpayers stand to lose up to £26bn on the government’s most popular Covid-19 business loan scheme because of fraud or an inability to repay the money, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has warned.

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TheGuardian

JULY 13, 2020

Declining job retention bonus was honourable and underlined £9.4bn scheme’s shockingly poor design Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, readily conceded last week that there would be a “dead weight” cost to his policy of offering firms a £1,000 bonus for every employee recalled from furlough and kept in employment until the end of next January.

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TheGuardian

JULY 19, 2023

Prime minister also apologises for ban on LGBT people serving in military until 2000 Government guidance for schools in England on how to deal with pupils who want to transition has been delayed because No 10 and Kemi Badenoch, the equalities minister, have been pushing for a tough version that would be unlawful under the Equalities Act, Steven Swinford (..)

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TheGuardian

JANUARY 28, 2022

Continue reading.

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