Galbraith, Sam Ref1
Gandhi’s (Kennington) Ref1
GDP (gross domestic product) Ref1
Geithner, Tim Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
general election: calling for early (2007) Ref1, Ref2
general election (2010) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
and Brown’s confrontation with Gillian Duffy Ref1
reasons for Labour not winning Ref1
results Ref1, Ref2
televised debates Ref1
George, Sir Eddie Ref1
Germany/German banks Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
Gieve, Sir John Ref1
Glasgow Airport attack (2007) Ref1
Glasgow East by-election (2008) Ref1
Glenrothes by-election (2009) Ref1
Glitnir Ref1
Goldman Sachs Ref1, Ref2
Goodwin, Sir Fred Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12
departure from RBS and insistence on full contractual rights Ref1
pension Ref1
private meeting with Darling Ref1, Ref2
Gould, Philip Ref1
Gray, Paul Ref1, Ref2
Great Depression Ref1
Greece/Greek crisis Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
green investment bank Ref1
Green, Stephen Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
growth forecasts Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
Guardian: Darling’s interview with (2008) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Haarde, Geir Ref1
Halifax Building Society Ref1, Ref2 see also HBOS
Hampton, Philip Ref1
Harman, Harriet Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Hattersley, Roy Ref1
HBOS Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
authorization of exceptional funding for Ref1
problems Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
purchase of by Lloyds (2008) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
recapitalization of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
rights issue Ref1
health service Ref1
Henricson-Bell, Torsten Ref1
Heseltine, Michael Ref1
Hester, Stephen Ref1, Ref2
Hewitt, Patricia Ref1
Heywood, Jeremy Ref1, Ref2
high-speed trains Ref1
HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) Ref1
losing of Child Benefit data Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Hoon, Geoff Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Hornby, Andy Ref1, Ref2
House of Commons Ref1
House of Lords reform Ref1
house repossessions Ref1
household debt: comparison with government Ref1
housing market: Britain Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
United States Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Howard, Michael Ref1
HSBC Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Hu Jintao Ref1
Hume, David Ref1
Hutton, John Ref1
Hypo Real Estate Holding AG Ref1
Icelandic banks Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11
Icesave see Landsbanki
IMF (International Monetary Fund) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12
immigration issue Ref1
In the Loop Ref1
income tax: abolishing of 10p rate Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
increase to 50p tax rate for top earners (2009) Ref1
raising of higher rate to 45 per cent for people earning over £150,000 Ref1, Ref2
India: and climate change Ref1, Ref2
IndyMac: collapse of (2008) Ref1
inflation Ref1, Ref2
ING Ref1
inheritance tax Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
interest rates Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
‘investment versus cuts’ Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9
Iraq Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Ireland Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
Irish banks Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Irvine, Joe Ref1
James Callaghan Memorial Lecture (2009) Ref1
James Gillespie’s High School (Edinburgh) Ref1
Japan Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Jobcentre Plus network Ref1
John, Dyfrig Ref1
Johnson, Alan Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Jowell, Tessa Ref1
JPMorgan Chase Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Kaupthing bank (Iceland) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Kennedy, Jane Ref1
Kennedy, John F. Ref1
Keynes, John Maynard Ref1, Ref2
King, Mervyn Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9
and Bradford and Bingley Ref1
call for Bank of England to be lead regulator Ref1
and FSA Ref1
and liquidity issue Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Mansion House speech (2009) Ref1
monetary policy record Ref1
reappointment for second term Ref1, Ref2
and recapitalization of banks Ref1, Ref2
relationship with the bankers Ref1, Ref2
relationship with Brown Ref1
relationship with Darling Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Kingman, John Ref1, Ref2
Kinnock, Neil Ref1
Kroes, Neelie Ref1
Kudrin, Alexei Ref1, Ref2
Labour Party Conference: (2007) (Bournemouth) Ref1, Ref2
(2008) (Manchester) Ref1, Ref2
Lagarde, Christine Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
Lamont, Norman Ref1
Landsbanki (Icesave) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
leadership election (2010) Ref1
Lebanon Ref1
Lehman Brothers: collapse of and global fallout from (2008) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Lenihan, Brian Ref1
Letwin, Oliver Ref1
Liberal Democrats Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
LIBOR rate Ref1
Litvinenko, Alexander Ref1
Livermore, Spencer Ref1
living standards Ref1
Lloyd, Tony Ref1
Lloyds Bank: acquisition of HBOS (2008) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
and Northern Rock Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
recapitalization of Ref1, Ref2
Lloyds of London Ref1
local elections (2009) Ref1, Ref2
Lockerbie disaster (1988) Ref1
Lomax, Rachel Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
London Crossrail link Ref1
Lord Mayor of London’s banquet see Mansion House Speech
McBride, Damian Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
McCarthy, Callum Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
McFall, John Ref1, Ref2
McKillop, Sir Tom Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
MacLeod, Catherine Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
Macleod, Murdo Ref1
Macpherson, Nick Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
Mais Lecture Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Major, John Ref1, Ref2
Mandelson, Peter Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11
Mansion House Speech: (2008) Ref1
(2009) Ref1
Mantega, Guido Ref1
Marr, Andrew Ref1, Ref2
married couple’s tax allowance Ref1
Mathewson, George Ref1
al-Megrahi, Abdelbaset: release of Ref1
Merkel, Angela Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Merrill Lynch: acquisition of by Bank of America (2008) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Miliband, David Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5 Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10
Miliband, Ed Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
Millennium Dome Ref1
mini-Budgets Ref1
ministers: relationship between back-bench colleagues and Ref1
Monetary Policy Committee Ref1
Moody’s Ref1
moral hazard Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Morgan Stanley Ref1, Ref2
mortgages Ref1 see also sub-prime loans
Murphy, Jim Ref1
Murray, Ian Ref1
Myners, Paul Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
National Audit Office (NAO) Ref1
national debt Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
national economic council Ref1
National Institute for Economic Research Ref1
National Insurance Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Nationwide Building Society Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
NatWest Ref1, Ref2
New Deal Ref1
New Labour Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
New Statesman Ref1, Ref2
NHS Ref1
No. Ref1 Ref2, Ref3
non-doms: taxing of Ref1, Ref2
Northern Rock Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12, Ref13
announcement that government will guarantee all deposits Ref1
attempts to reassure public Ref1, Ref2
BBC’s revelation of Bank of England’s emergency financial support for Ref1, Ref2
FSA concerns about Ref1, Ref2
history Ref1
lack of government’s legal powers over Ref1
Lloyd’s interest in buying Ref1, Ref2
nationalization of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
run on and queues forming Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
seeking a buyer for Ref1, Ref2
Obama, Barack Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
Obama, Michelle Ref1
O’Donnell, Gus Ref1
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Ref1, Ref2
Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Office for National Statistics (ONS) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
O’Leary, Michael Ref1
Osborne, George Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12, Ref13, Ref14, Ref15, Ref16, Ref17
Osório, António Horta Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) Ref1
Paulson, Hank Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12, Ref13
pension funds Ref1
personal allowances: rise in Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Plant, Lord Raymond Ref1
poll tax debacle Ref1
Portugal Ref1, Ref2
Post Office Bank Ref1
pre-Budget report: (1998) Ref1
(2007) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
(2008) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9
(2009) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
Prescott, Lord John Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Prince, Chuck Ref1, Ref2
public spending Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12 see also ‘investment versus cuts’
Purnell, James Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
quantitative easing Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Ramsden, Dave Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
acquisition of ABM AMRO Ref1, Ref2
and asset protection scheme Ref1
authorization of exceptional funding for Ref1
collapse of shares and suspension of share dealings Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
departure of Goodwin and McKillop and financial settlement issue Ref1, Ref2
headquarters Ref1
increase in government’s shareholdings in (2009) Ref1
losses Ref1
measures to secure (2009) Ref1
merger with NatWest Ref1, Ref2
money put into by Bank of England to stop collapse Ref1, Ref2
plan to raise money from its shareholders through rights issue Ref1, Ref2
recapitalization of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
in trouble Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
write-offs announced Ref1
recession Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
coming out of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
lack of predictions for Ref1
regulation see financial regulation
Rehn, Olli Ref1
Reid, John Ref1, Ref2
Riddell, Mary Ref1
Rifkind, Sir Malcolm Ref1
Robertson, Pat Ref1
Rosenfield, Dan Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
Royal Bank of Scotland see RBS
Rudd, Kevin Ref1, Ref2
Russia Ref1, Ref2
Georgia, invasion of Ref1
St Pancras Station Ref1
Salgado, Elena Ref1
Salmond, Alex Ref1
Sandler, Ron Ref1
Sands, Peter Ref1, Ref2
Santander Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Sants, Hector Ref1
Sarkozy, President Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Schäube, Wolfgang Ref1
Scottish Widows Ref1
scrappage scheme Ref1
short-selling Ref1, Ref2
Smith, Jacqui Ref1, Ref2
Smith, John Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Snowden, Philip Ref1, Ref2
SNP Ref1
Spain Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
special liquidity scheme Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Spence, Geoffrey Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
spending review (2007) Ref1, Ref2
stamp duty Ref1
Standard & Poor’s Ref1, Ref2
Standard Chartered Bank Ref1, Ref2
Standard Life Ref1
state pension: increases in Ref1
Steinbrück, Peer Ref1, Ref2
Stodir Ref1
Strauss-Kahn, Dominique Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Straw, Jack Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9
structural deficit Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
sub-prime loans Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Sure Start centres Ref1
Swan, Wayne Ref1
Sylvester, Rachel Ref1
TARP (Troubled Assets Relief Programme) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
tax bills: longer time given to pay Ref1
tax credits Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
taxes: capital gains tax Ref1
dependence on financial sector Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
inheritance Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4; see also income tax, VAT
Teenage Cancer Trust Ref1
10p tax band: abolishing of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
‘Tesco test’ Ref1
Thatcher, Margaret Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
The Thick of It Ref1
Thomson, Alice Ref1
The Times: Darling’s interview with Ref1, Ref2
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