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John Redwood MP for Wokingham

These are the most recent articles mentioning "losses" John Redwood Searches for Answers on Northern Rock Posted 04/01/08, 16:06 ... uences of the Government™s business plan for the bank. In response the Chief Secretary to the Treasury was unable, or unwilling, to reveal the likely losses to be incurred by the proposals, whether or not the Treasury would be subsiding the losses, and if so how this would be reconciled to competiti... Northern Rock - now the government’s problems will mutliply Posted 04/01/08, 08:56 ... want to see such large reductions in the workforce. MPs who care about the taxpayer do not wish to see taxpayers having to foot the bill for the job losses and the other losses in the business. The government refused to tell us what the forecast losses amount to, implying they will ... Regulators and central banks think again Posted 03/31/08, 10:22 ... tised good quality loans be restored? Should the authorities buy in or accept as collateral more of these loans, whilst protecting taxpayers against losses? 3. Has the UK Government burdened British markets with too much off balance sheet borrowing of its own? Can this be curbed? 4. Do the lea... Wokingham Times Posted 03/25/08, 17:54 ... have grasped it. They are fighting the battle of the bulge of the sub prime. If too many sub prime mortgage holders give up on the mortgage, then the losses will multiply through the banking system and more credit will be destroyed. The UK may not have had such an extreme version of sub prime lendin... The US authorities try to pilot through the Credit Crunch storm Posted 09/16/08, 06:43 ... old the new highly leveraged products of the Credit Boom era. When one of the big players like Lehman goes down, there are understandable fears about losses around the world from banks and financial companies trading with them, who also own similar pieces of paper to Lehman. The Tre... A simplified guide to regulation of bank capital Posted 10/09/08, 16:49 ... or every £100 of advances made to customers. The idea is that if the bank proved a bad judge of these loans, then the shareholders funds can pay the losses. It would usually be unheard of for a bank to lose more than 5-6% on all the advances it made, owing to failure of customers to repay, or failu... Some good news for a change Posted 10/13/08, 06:41 ... the overall ratios the banks have been achieving, and about any move by the Regulator at this stage to demand larger capital cushions against future losses. Those who want widespread bank nationalisation cannot have not looked at the numbers involved. Just four of our banks have combined liabilit... Some good news for a change Posted 10/13/08, 06:41 ... the overall ratios the banks have been achieving, and about any move by the Regulator at this stage to demand larger capital cushions against future losses. Those who want widespread bank nationalisation cannot have not looked at the numbers involved. Just four of our banks have combined liabilit... How much capital do the banks need? Posted 10/16/08, 06:10 ... l, when we need to increase confidence in the banking system. If individual banks are thought by the regulator to need more capital in case of future losses, that should be done in strictest confidence. I am distrubed to hear the government use its current support for the banks as part of its poli... Worrying figures for taxpayers Posted 11/04/08, 11:29 ... £368 billion TOTAL £ 3200 BILLION TOTAL OF SUBSIDIARIES £ 2150 BILLION LOSSES TO DATE Northern Rock 1st half 2008 loss of £585 million. £3 billion of new equity capital RBS 1st half 2008... When will the banks work again? Posted 11/07/08, 08:33 ... money markets and banks were starved of cash and liquidity by the authorities, and banks were short of capital at a time when they were revealing big losses on their assets. The US and then the UK authorities set about solving this. Shortly afterwards the continental Europeans were also ... Two Britains and public sector inflation Posted 12/01/08, 07:25 ... this year. The government also decided to talk about £78 billion borrowing this year - leaving out the money to buy bank shares and pay for the bank losses. The proposed pathway back to sensible public sector borrowing still leaves us too much in debt. The Monetary Policy Committee shoul... Speed up Post Office management, Lord Mandelson Posted 12/14/08, 14:12 ... ord Mandelson. The Unions are afraid it means faster rounds and more job cuts. Taxpayers are afraid it means more subsidies and underwriting the huge losses in the Pension Fund. What it reflects is the poor management of the company in recent years, cutting the quality of the service whilst increas... A state loan won’t help an ailing car company Posted 12/22/08, 07:41 ... ey you spend delivering the product and service, it works. If the money from customers falls below the costs you are in trouble. Borrowing to pay the losses cannot solve the problem. It makes it worse, as you have to pay the interest as well. You end up losing more jobs, as BL proved in the 1970s. ... RBS - now we will be paying for the government’s rushed folly Posted 12/29/08, 07:21 Yesterday™s Sunday Times reported a City analyst saying that RBS may report losses of up to £28 billion for 2008 when it reports its full year figures. If it does, or if reports a mere £20 billion of losses for last year, that means all the extra capital pumped in by UK taxpayers ... John Redwood criticises Equitable Life delays Posted 12/30/08, 09:46 ... ollowing this matter with interest as he has had some Wokingham constituents contacting him over the last few years to outline how they have suffered losses at the hands of Equitable Life, and pressing for a compensation package. In a letter to many of the constituents who have written to him abou... << back