Banks

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Banking tax

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

Just a few minutes’ walk from the UK’s financial centre, Our Forgotten Neighbours soup kitchen serves the Tower Hamlets community

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot
Financial inclusion

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot

Traditionally, it is nigh-on impossible to open a bank account without a fixed address. But a new pilot scheme between Shelter, the government and major banks will open the door for homeless people to overcome the barrier

UK faces another Post Office Horizon scandal unless plans to snoop on benefit claimants are stopped
Jasleen Chaggar

UK faces another Post Office Horizon scandal unless plans to snoop on benefit claimants are stopped

Big Brother Watch believes that computers could wrongly criminalise vulnerable people if the government’s plans to tackle benefit fraud go ahead without proper safeguards

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out
Bank tax

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out

Taxing bank profits and gambling firms could raise billions. Here’s how it could help fix Britain
A Modest Proposal

Taxing bank profits and gambling firms could raise billions. Here’s how it could help fix Britain

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Banks may not be interested in people experiencing poverty – but we are
James Jones

Banks may not be interested in people experiencing poverty – but we are

Scam victims will get guaranteed refunds from banks under new scheme – but it comes with a warning
Fraud

Scam victims will get guaranteed refunds from banks under new scheme – but it comes with a warning

DWP risks repeat of Post Office scandal with plan to snoop on claimants’ bank accounts, MPs warn
Benefits

DWP risks repeat of Post Office scandal with plan to snoop on claimants’ bank accounts, MPs warn

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Benefits

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts

DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts

Banks must stop financing oil and gas as women face the worst impacts of the climate crisis
Zahra Hdidou

Banks must stop financing oil and gas as women face the worst impacts of the climate crisis

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts

Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to ‘snoop’ on bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to ‘snoop’ on bank accounts

UK shamelessly axes bankers’ bonus cap as more than one million children experience destitution
Fair pay

UK shamelessly axes bankers’ bonus cap as more than one million children experience destitution

To bank on a better future, start with moving your money somewhere ethical and green
Banking

To bank on a better future, start with moving your money somewhere ethical and green

‘Breaking point’: Debt charities and ethical lenders fight to save families from loan sharks
Debt

‘Breaking point’: Debt charities and ethical lenders fight to save families from loan sharks

Philippe Moryoussef is on the run for a crime that might not exist. It’s a scandal that leads back to the centre of the 2008 financial crisis
Criminal justice

Philippe Moryoussef is on the run for a crime that might not exist. It’s a scandal that leads back to the centre of the 2008 financial crisis

Banks with net zero targets are ‘actively lobbying against’ climate policies
Climate crisis

Banks with net zero targets are ‘actively lobbying against’ climate policies

‘It might even be fun’: Bank of England set to publish first book demystifying UK economy
UK economy

‘It might even be fun’: Bank of England set to publish first book demystifying UK economy

Money saving apps: The best way to save or a waste of time?
Money

Money saving apps: The best way to save or a waste of time?

Why the banks are bankrupt of ideas
Opinion

Why the banks are bankrupt of ideas

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Banks could use data to identify and help people who may fall into debt
Money

Banks could use data to identify and help people who may fall into debt

Daily overdraft fees scrapped in major shake-up
Money

Daily overdraft fees scrapped in major shake-up

Rural cash machines will receive a ‘super premium’ to stay open
Money

Rural cash machines will receive a ‘super premium’ to stay open

Barclays is now letting customers block payments to gambling companies
Money

Barclays is now letting customers block payments to gambling companies