How Britain’s property market recovery was stopped in its tracks
Ironically, when the Bank of England does cut rates for the first time, the impact on mortgage rates is likely...
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Picton Property Income is our pick of the property Reits
The launch of Special Opportunities real estate investment trust (Reit) that we wrote about two weeks ago has flopped, with...
JP Morgan scraps EU cap for 10-fold increase in bankers’ bonuses
JP Morgan has scrapped an EU bonus cap for bankers in London, clearing the way for them to earn 10...
How the ‘woke capitalist’ gravy train came to a juddering halt
McKinsey declared in 2019 that 90pc of America’s 500 biggest companies were now producing an ESG report – reams of...
Hundred Scottish churches up for sale as UK turns away from Christianity
The Church said its buildings “have the potential to be used for a variety of different purposes” – whether it...
How Gordon Brown could tempt Labour into a stealth ‘mortgage tax’
Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank, argued in an influential 2022 paper that the scale of the...
Gordon Brown-backed stealth tax could push up mortgage payments by £170
Gordon Brown’s proposal to launch a stealth tax raid on banks would add hundreds of pounds to the cost of...
HSBC boss knighted despite bank’s controversial links to China
The chairman of HSBC has been awarded a knighthood despite previously facing criticism over the bank’s controversial ties to China.Mark...
How Barclays became a lightning rod for Gaza activists
Most damaging of all, the PSC claims that Elbit is “associated” with the production of “banned cluster munitions”, a claim...
Shapps condemns ‘vicious’ attacks on banks as Barclays forced to pull Latitude sponsorship
Joanna Warrington at activist group Fossil Free London welcomed the suspension of the sponsorship deal, calling it a “major win...
