November 2006 Archives

Where is the Man from the Pru when you need him?

The Treasury Select Committee has been berating the Financial Services Authority for its failure to get to grips with financial exclusion. The select committee rightly points out that much more needs to be done and that producing leaflets and knocking...

Cameron's CBI snub is a blunder

Having said only last week that the Tories were mounting an increasingly impressive charm offensive in the City and wider business community, their leader, David Cameron goes and pulls the carpet from underneath his hardworking team by snubbing the CBI's...

So, what did happen in Thirsk & Malton?

The failure of John Greenway to win selection for the new Thirsk & Malton seat (for electoral enthusiasts it is actually a famous old seat recreated) seems to have taken alot of people by surprise, not least John himself and...

Is pensions consensus possible?

Members of the All Party Group met up with Scottish Widows over dinner at County Hall on Tuesday evening with pensions as the number one topic. The work that Scottish Widows has put in to informing the debate on the...

Greenway to bow out

Bang! What a way to start. I have been planning to launch a blog commentating on the often troubled relationship between the insurance and retail financial services sectors and our political masters for some time. My idea was to launch...

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David Worsfold

David has been a financial journalist for 30 years and is currently Group Editorial Services Director at Incisive Media.