UK banks should prepare to share their profit picnic

Chancellor Rachel Reeves needs an extra serving to fill the fiscal plate

Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025

Raise bank equity or keep rolling the dice

Our regulatory reflex since 2008 has been to add complexity and discretion rather than fix the core design

Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025

Cutting cash Isa limit could lead to 60,000 fewer mortgages a year

Building societies say cash Isa curbs would mean a substantial hit to their lending capacity

Posted on Friday October 24, 2025

JPMorgan asks court to end legal fee payments for Charlie Javice

Frank founder and another executive convicted of defrauding bank have had expenses covered under 2021 sale agreement

Posted on Friday October 24, 2025

Fed makes US bank stress tests less onerous

Changes are expected to make the exercise more transparent for the country’s biggest lenders

Posted on Friday October 24, 2025

Starmer needs to get serious about governing — and quick

The prime minister has to change or his party will seek a change of its own

Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025

Tony Blair Institute undertakes restructuring as losses mount

Consulting group and think-tank founded by former PM doubles down on artificial intelligence and seeks new donors

Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025

How fan power is reshaping pop

Amplified by social media, fanbases now feel closer than ever to their idols — for good and for ill

Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025

The Temu theory of populism

Capitalism has set expectations of choice and convenience that no state can match

Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025

Thames Water paid £20mn to cover KKR’s due diligence for abortive bid

Cost adds to multimillion pound fees billed by advisers trying to secure utility’s future

Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025