Chancellor announces move to stop lending institutions using multimillion-pound stratagems to avoid paying tax Alistair Darling today announced a move designed to stop banks using multimillion-pound tax avoidance strategies. In a statement to the Commons, the chancellor said that a new code of practice would be published to ensure that banks complied "not just with the letter but with the spirit o...

FORMER Chancellor Alistair Darling today warned the new government against breaking up the banks as he prepared to quit Labour's front bench.

Chancellor Alistair Darling warns UK banks he will take action if they are found to be charging businesses too much for loans.

Did you see that it is being speculated upon that Gordon Brown's puppet Chancellor Alistair Darling has been forced to consider a second bailout for banks as the lending drought worsens? Oh no - and I thought that we had been told decisive action had ALREADY been taken and it was soooo good that the whole world was following this example? "The Chancellor will decide within weeks whether to pu...

Chancellor Alistair Darling tonight issued a sharp warning to European leaders not to risk worsening the economic crisis by taking unilateral action to protect their own banks and depositors.

The chancellor, Alistair Darling, yesterday promised further action to stop corporate tax abuse when he was challenged by MPs over allegations of "cynical tax avoidance schemes" by Lloyds bank. But he would not be drawn on whether the government knew about the alleged schemes before bailing out the bank. Darling's pledge followed the Guardian's revelation that HM Revenue and Customs was ...

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling will use his Pre-Budget Report later this autumn to step up action on tax avoidance and tax havens, a Treasury minister said yesterday.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has asserted today that banks are better run in the private sector. The comments box is wide open for anyone who would like to offer a single coherent argument or shred of evidence in support of this view.

Alistair Darling and Lord Mandelson are preparing for tense negotiations with banks over their failure to resume lending.

Alistair Darling the Chancellor has refused to rule out future tax rises after admitting that Government borrowing will have to rise this year.