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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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Tory MPs fear Liz Truss’s policies will create a ‘complete open goal’ for Labour

TheGuardian

Bankers’ bonuses, the NHS and tax cuts that favour the rich are all causing jitters on the benches behind the new prime minister It is less than a fortnight since Liz Truss formed a new government after a summer of bitter Conservative party infighting. Yet the Palace of Westminster has rarely been so becalmed. Continue reading.

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Buy the People: Red as Rust — Sherrod Brown's battle for Ohio's populist vote

American Banker

Can the same state that elected conservative populist firebrand J.D. And what do the political undercurrents apparent in Ohio mean for banks? Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown faces a tough 2024 campaign to recapture his Ohio senate seat in a state that's increasingly Red. Vance also re-elect Sherrod Brown?

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Banks accused of closing accounts such as Nigel Farage’s on ‘political grounds’

TheGuardian

Ministers respond to Farage’s claims, as Treasury to review whether banks are blacklisting those with controversial views It should be “completely unacceptable” for banks to close accounts on “political grounds”, a Home Office minister has said, as Conservatives weighed in on a so-called freedom of speech row prompted by claims from Nigel Farage.

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How David Cameron got caught up in a classic lobbying scandal

TheGuardian

Cameron took it upon himself to reform “the far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money”, which he said had “tainted our politics for too long”.

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The Guardian view on Boris Johnson's plan: levelling down, not up | Editorial

TheGuardian

Instead, he is using Brexit to supercharge it Today’s Conservative party is the opposite of what it pretends to be. What is at stake is a conservative principle of personal responsibility: it is up to parents to feed their children and to get the cash to run their lives. Coronavirus affects everyone, but not equally.

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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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