en-us Reuters UK) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown moved to allay fears of a mass walk out by the board of Royal Bank of Scotland, saying it would not be singled out for unduly harsh treatment over bonuses.In a rare move by politicians to calm...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:15:44 -0800 Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would lobby for support for his plan to make banks pay for any future bailout at a Commonwealth summit this week.He also wants Commonwealth leaders meeting in Trinidad and Tobago from Friday to give a push to climate change...]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:45:25 -0800 Reuters UK) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would lobby for support for his plan to make banks pay for any future bailout at a Commonwealth summit this week.He also wants Commonwealth leaders meeting in Trinidad and Tobago from Friday to give a push to climate...]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:45:40 -0800 Reuters UK) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Monday to keep emergency support measures for the economy in place and appealed to world leaders to work together to tackle global imbalances that could hamper recovery.Brown, who is counting on an economic upturn to...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:58 -0800 Reuters UK) -Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday in his weekly podcast he was ready to "respond swiftly" to David Walker's banking review recommendations expected next week.Walker, who will next Thursday publish the final report of his government-sponsored review, has outlined 39 recommendations on how banks should be...]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:30:57 -0800 Reuters UK) -Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday in his weekly podcast he was ready to "respond swiftly" to David Walker's banking review recommendations expected next week.Walker, who will next Thursday publish the final report of his government-sponsored review, has outlined 39 recommendations on how banks should be...]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:30:18 -0800 Reuters UK) - The government promised on Wednesday to halve its huge budget deficit and curb bankers' pay in the hope of reviving its popularity before a national election next year.The Conservatives are on course to win an election due by June, ending Labour's...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:18 -0800 Reuters UK) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday banks must be made to act responsibly but that a levy on transactions was only one possible way of achieving this.Brown floated, to a weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers, a series of ways of getting banks to start...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:47 -0800 Reuters UK) - The International Monetary Fund is exploring the idea of making banks pay insurance fees to fund any future rescues in the sector, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Sunday.He said such a tax would be in line with a proposal at the weekend...]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:41 -0800 Reuters UK) - Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts but failed to make much progress on securing a G20 deal to meet the cost of climate change.Finance ministers and...]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:30:51 -0800 Reuters) - Britain urged world governments on Saturday to consider a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, departing from long-held opposition, though there was little sign of the consensus needed to make it fly.British Prime Minister Gordon Brown raised the idea at a weekend...]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:10 -0800 Reuters UK) - Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts but failed to make much progress on securing a G20 deal to meet the cost of climate change.Finance ministers and...]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:45:19 -0800 Reuters UK) - World governments should consider urgently a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, departing from London's longstanding resistance to a global tax.France and Germany have led the way in Europe in seeking to force...]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:45:34 -0800 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:27:20 -0700 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:46:06 -0700 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:46:01 -0700 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:45:57 -0700 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:14:59 -0800