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Andrea Leadsom held shares in Barclays when questioning bank’s ex-boss

TheGuardian

Exclusive: Revelation about Tory former minister raises questions about adequacy of transparency rules It was her robust questioning of the former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond that first brought Andrea Leadsom to political prominence.

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Andrea Leadsom accuses banking sector of ‘heads I win, tails you lose’ approach to bonuses – video

TheGuardian

The Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom has launched a scathing attack on bankers' bonuses at a Treasury select committee hearing on Tuesday, where she accused bankers of a ‘heads I win, tails you lose’ approach to bonuses. 'In In what other sector. if your business fails, do you then get a bonus?'

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UK MPs Urge Audit Legislation To Avoid High-Profile Collapses

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Political pressure can and does draw attention to faults and flaws, but without regulators with the powers and resources they need, lasting cultural change will not happen,” said MP Rachel Reeves in a letter sent to business secretary Andrea Leadsom, according to reports. She added that the U.K.

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Porn is a serious issue, and so is identity

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me) for advice and instead seem to evolve policy by listening to PR flacks, mates in the City, management experts and political lifers who have never had a real job of any kind. As I said at the time, I don’t understand why government doesn’t ask people who understand how things work (e.g., But let’s put that to one side.