Tinseltown Insider

Lloyds Banking Group bosses denied political pressure to accept the Co-operative Bank's ill-fated £700 million bid for its branches today, insisting they acted in the best interests of shareholders.

The Co-op today called in the boss of Britain's official "bad bank" to sort out its own troubled lender.

Chief executive quits amid news that ‘external support’ may be needed to plug £1bn hole in balance sheet

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Agency worried by 'weaker economic and fiscal outlook'

The big change this week was that the UK was no longer rated triple A by the credit analysts at Moody's and there was apprehension at how the markets would react.

The City refused to panic over the loss of the UK’s AAA rating today as shares headed higher and sterling avoided a major sell-off.

Britain's loss of its prized AAA credit rating intensified the pressure on sterling today despite another rally for London's top flight shares index.

Analysts expect pound to weaken against dollar and euro in response to Moody's decision

Sterling is expected to come under pressure tomorrow following the loss of Britain's gold-plated AAA credit rating.

As the Chancellor tries to make light of Moody's downgrade, Mark Leftly assesses the fallout

The Chancellor George Osborne has been accused of having suffered a “humiliating blow” after Britain was stripped of its AAA credit rating.