A Conservative government would continue multi-million-pound state funding of trade unions in spite of the party's hardline rhetoric against strikes, David Cameron's union envoy has told the Financial Times

Fierce German resistance to helping crisis-hit Greece has emerged in a Financial Times opinion poll that strengthens the hand of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, hand before a possible European showdown this week over financial aid for Athens

German resistance towards financial aid for Athens highlights the pressure facing Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, as Greece lobbies for European help with its fiscal difficulties

If I hear one more politician from the Labour, Tory or Liberal Democrat parties tell us of the need for financial "prudence" I will go spare. They wouldn't know financial prudence if it bit them on the backside. The Labour Party, while our dear leader was Chancellor, frittered away untold billions of pounds of public money on various pet projects and for no discernible improvement. But worse ...

Well, yes, but….. The new tax will not be an “insurance fund” for the banking industry, as ministers are concerned that such a measure would simply encourage more risky behaviour of the sort that led to the financial crisis of 2008. I’ve said before that I’m not

US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to resist pressure to weaken a financial reform bill and called again for an independent consumer watchdog to help prevent future financial crises

David Cameron has committed the Conservative Party to imposing a new tax on banks as both main parties battled to convince voters they would claw back billions of pounds from the financial sector.

Labour will have to pay about £3m in interest over the next parliament to some of the millionaires who bankrolled the party's election campaign in 2005, the Financial Times has learnt

The European Commission urges European Union governments to reach an explicit agreement next week on a financial standby facility for Greece to help it overcome its debt crisis

The FT and WSJ report that Germany is leaning towards involving the IMF in a potential Greek bailout, with the WSJ quoting a senior German official saying that Angela Merkel is “open to a financial participation by the IMF” in any aid package for Greece.