RBS 2018 results: Positive Money comment
15 February 2019
Responding to RBS’ 2018 results, which show profits doubling to £1.62bn, and a £977 dividend payment to the government, Fran Boait executive director of Positive Money said: “Another dividend payout s …
Stop the RBS sell-off! Sign our petition to Philip Hammond
14 February 2019
Today we’re releasing poll results which show that only a fraction of people support the Government’s plans to sell off RBS in the near future. (You can read the Guardian’s coverage here.) Selling RBS …
Only one in ten Britons support government’s RBS strategy
14 February 2019
Fewer than one in 10 believe that the Government should sell its stake in RBS in the near future Most Britons don’t believe a privatised RBS would work in the public interest London, UK, 14 February 2 …
Making RBS work in the public interest
8 February 2019
This blog originally appeared on Left Foot Forward. As RBS bosses yesterday sat down to their AGM with a plan to speed up the bank’s privatisation, the Labour Party repeated their intentions to halt t …
Bank of England ‘Super Thursday’: Positive Money comment
7 February 2019
Commenting on the Bank of England’s unanimous decision to keep interest rates at 0.75%, Positive Money executive director Fran Boait said: “The Bank of England bind continues into 2019, as the central …