Downing Street ‘won’t block other RBS bonuses’

Published on January 30, 2012 by The Editor · No Comments

A selection of important news tweets

Downing Street ‘won’t block other RBS bonuses’
The government has said it will not block bonuses to other RBS executives, after chief executive Stephen Hester decided to waive his award of £963,000 in shares.
Click here for source story

Greeks reject EU “budget control”
Greek officials reject German proposals for a eurozone budget control commissioner to oversee spending, as agreement nears on a second bailout for Greece.
Click Here for story source

Sun Journalists arrested
Four former and current Sun journalists and a police officer have been arrested by detectives investigating payments made to police by journalists.
Click here for story source

Cristina Kirchner decries PM’s ‘nonsense’
Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner condemns UK Prime Minister David Cameron for accusing her government of “colonialism” in the Falklands.
Click here for story source

UK recovery long and arduous
Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King has said the path to economic recovery in the UK will be long, arduous and uneven.
Click here for story source

French Senate approves genocide bill
The French Senate approves a controversial bill that makes it a criminal offence to deny that Turks committed genocide against Armenians during World War I.
Click here for story source

Warning over back-to-work scheme
The UK government has overestimated the number of people who will be helped back into employment by its work programme, the National Audit Office says.
Click here for story source