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10Apr/17

Bank of England says won’t publish Libor details until fraud probe over

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The BBC releases a recording of an October 2008 phone call between two bankers at Barclays in which one said he was under “serious pressure” from the Bank of England to set an artificially low rate for Libor, an inter-bank borrowing rate.

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23Jan/16

Google to pay $185 mln UK back taxes, critics want more

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Britain’s finance minister welcomes a deal for Google to pay back tax, but his political opposition says the amount to be repaid is “derisory”.

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14Sep/15

New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is hounded by media over his shadow cabinet choices

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Britain’s new opposition Labour leader defends his shadow cabinet picks against criticism there aren’t enough women in the top jobs, despite there being more women than men at the top table for the first time in history.

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