Brittan Archive

  • Crash – How the Banks Went Bust

    Crash – How the Banks Went Bust

    Just before he became Prime Minister in 2007, chancellor Gordon Brown congratulated the city on their ingenuity and creativity during his tenure: ‘An era that history will record as the beginning of a new golden age for the city of London’. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Now, thanks to the financial crash, Britain is facing [...]

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  • Dispatches – Britain’ s Bankers Still Cashing In

    Dispatches – Britain’ s Bankers Still Cashing In

    Britain’s top bankers helped bring the economy to the brink of ruin; their gambling triggered thousands of job losses and exposed taxpayers to over a trillion pounds of possible risk. In this edition of Dispatches, journalist Jane Moore investigates exactly how much these former bosses have been rewarded for these failings – and how much [...]

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  • Dispatches – Britain' s Bankers Still Cashing In

    Dispatches – Britain' s Bankers Still Cashing In

    Britain’s top bankers helped bring the economy to the brink of ruin; their gambling triggered thousands of job losses and exposed taxpayers to over a trillion pounds of possible risk. In this edition of Dispatches, journalist Jane Moore investigates exactly how much these former bosses have been rewarded for these failings – and how much [...]

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