Vincent Cable

...the "best person to explain that to worried Conservatives". 1136 What might crop up this week? Well, Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Vince Cable has tabled an urgent question about so called "secret bank loans" to RBS and HBOS last autumn - that...

In this article: Ken Clarke, Jacqui Smith, David Cameron, Peter Mandelson, Gordon Brown, Tax, Jo Coburn, and Tories

...private equity is being squeezed in the credit crunch and there is a shortage of Government money for such projects, Mr Cable will say. His proposed infrastructure bank would exploit demand from both individual savers and institutional...

In this article: Vince Cable, UK, Credit crunch, and London

...been breathtakingly large, and the turn in UK investment spending is lagging elsewhere." The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, will today set out proposals for a National Infrastructure Bank, combining public and private...

In this article: Balance sheet, Mervyn King, British Bankers' Association, Vince Cable, and JP Morgan

...Democrats have called on Mr Darling to explain to the House of Commons why the Treasury guarantees were kept secret. Vince Cable, the party's Treasury spokesman, called it a "shocking cover-up". Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said...

In this article: Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS, Mervyn King, Vince Cable, Bank of England, Liberal Democrats, Alistair Darling, and England

...in the midst of the most serious economic crisis since the great depression of the 1930s, Vince Cable is the country's god-like guide. Polls suggest Cable is more trusted and respected on the economy than any other politician. Cable speaks...

In this article: Vince Cable, Liberal Democrats, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Britain, Beneficiary, and Nick Clegg

...Democrats would presumably hold sway. The consequent "Vincification" of government, with the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, as Chancellor, could reasonably be judged a positive development. Mr Cable has demonstrated a...

In this article: Vince Cable, George Osborne, Tax, Labour, International Monetary Fund, Gordon Brown, and Recession

...on profits as part of the price of taxpayer bailouts of the sector, the Liberal Democrats have said. Economics spokesman Vince Cable said a temporary ten per cent levy, estimated to be worth two billion pounds next year, would be a "fair"...

In this article: Vince Cable, Tax, and Alistair Darling

Benedict Brogan finds unexpected toughness in this modest memoir by Vince Cable In his preface, Vince Cable wisely plays down the significance and reliability of this memoir. Reasonably honest but not necessarily accurate is how he...

In this article: Vince Cable, Liberal Democrats, Labour Party, Gordon Brown, Reactionary, Cancer, Commonwealth, and Shell

Free Radical by Vince Cable | Book review Vince Cable's memoirs may be hubristic, but Roy Hattersley is happy to forgive him There is much to like about Vince Cable and much to admire. But nothing reveals the secret of his success as...

In this article: Vince Cable, Nick Clegg, Menzies Campbell, Roy Hattersley, Charles Kennedy, Yorkshire, Interregnum, Surgery, and Cancer

...them to denounce it as "codswallop" and wonder whether his new-found celebrity had gone to his head. Cable, 66, lets out a long sigh when I remind him of the mansion tax moment. "I think it's the nature of party conference that you don't...

In this article: Vince Cable, Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg, Lib Dem, Olympia, Tony Blair, Tax, Credit crunch, and Shell