Today kicked off a week of protests in advance of next weeks G20 summit in London. Today’s protest, which was the largest in London for five years, saw 150 trade unions, charities, and campaigning organisations unite under the banner of “Put People First”.
The estimated 40,000 (felt like more to me!) people marching through London [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Economy’
March 28, 2009
Put People First – The G20 March
September 18, 2008
Banking Woes
So we learned this morning that one of the UK’s biggest banks Halifax, Bank of Scotland (HBOS) has been rescued by Lloyds TSB after its shares dropped over 70% in the last few days. What is most interesting is that for all intents and purposes HBOS was a relatively stable business and should have been [...]
