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The Latest Breaking News from Barclays

Bosses of major banks defend branch closures

In a Treasury Committee hearing they also denied relying on customer account switching inertia

Insider UK

Bosses of major banks defend branch closures to MPs

Chief executives from NatWest Group, Barclays UK, HSBC UK and Lloyds Banking Group appeared before the Treasury Committee.

The Independent UK

Retailers endure disappointing January as consumers brace for further bill rises

Own-brand ranges remain popular across food and non-food products

Wales Online

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Retailers suffer disappointing January as consumers brace for more bill rises

Total UK retail sales increased by 4.2% in January, less than half the 11.9% rise seen a year earlier, according to the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor.

The Independent UK

Full list of Barclays, Natwest, HSBC, Lloyds and Halifax bank branches closing in 2023

Several branches are closing in Merseyside

Liverpool Echo

Activists gather to support 'Barclays 7' women who broke windows at bank’s headquarters

Climate activists want to draw attention to Barclays’ role as the UK and Europe’s largest fossil fuel investor – and their tactics were inspired by the suffragettes’ window smashing protests of 1911 and 1912

Daily Mirror

Pursuing economic growth will kill us all in the end

Letters: I risked prison to stand up against an system that will lead to ecological and societal collapse – we must look for alternative economic models, writes Zoe Cohen

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How Wall Street’s fossil-fuel money pipeline undermines the fight to save the planet

Big banks and investment firms have joined the ranks of companies making "net-zero" pledges. But their huge stakes in oil and gas projects are undermining their climate promises.

Fortune

Tech Nation to close down after losing £12m funding to Barclays

Among the businesses it has helped are Monzo Bank, Revolut, Bloom & Wild, Just Eat Ocado, Skyscanner and Deliveroo

Birmingham Post

First Thing: Ron DeSantis prepares for 2024 White House run

Florida governor’s moves spur Trump to lash out at him during low-key events over the weekend in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Plus, Sarah Michelle Gellar makes a comeback

The Guardian - UK

Barclays and UBS face questions over Roman Abramovich’s billion-dollar trusts

Exclusive: Leak shows oligarch was a major client of Barclays in Monaco and UBS in Zurich, with at least $940m in assets held at the banks

The Guardian - UK

Extinction Rebellion activists stage protest outside Barclays in Glasgow

The protesters gathered outside the bank and demanded an end to finance for the fossil fuel industry.

Daily Record

Barclays announces closure of only high street bank in Rochdale town

An additional 15 Barclays branches, alongside the previously announced 15, will be closing in the next couple of months

Manchester Evening News

Barclays announces closure of 15 branches across UK - see if your bank is affected

The 15 branch closures from Barclays comes days after NatWest said it is closing 23 branches, and over a week since Lloyds Banking Group said it is shutting 40 Halifax and Lloyds sites

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Wales Online

Barclays to close 15 branches - meaning more than 100 banks will shut this year

The announcement comes in the wake of NatWest and Lloyds making similar plans

The Independent UK

Smashing Barclays’ windows was a message of love, climate protester says

Zoe Cohen was given a seven-month suspended sentence after being convicted of criminal damage.

The Independent UK

Climate protesters spared jail after smashing Barclays windows

Six women have been given suspended sentences after being convicted of criminal damage.

Liverpool Echo

Fears older people may be 'left behind' as Barclays St Helens branch set to close

The bank has confirmed the branch will be permanently closed in May of this year

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Thieves used man's phone apps to steal £22,500. Bank said it was his fault

Pickpockets took the phone then unlocked it to access the banking apps, draining accounts of their money

Tribune News Service

US Virgin Islands seeks Epstein documents from Barclays

The U.S. Virgin Islands asked a U.S. court to order Barclays Plc to turn over documents related to the relationship its former chief executive officer Jes Staley had with sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Manchester Evening News

NatWest announces closure of high street bank in Horwich

It's one of 23 banks set to shut this year

Birmingham Post

Full list of 23 NatWest branch closures happening in 2023

The high street bank has announced plans to shut more sites over the course of this year

The Guardian - UK

Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields

Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance add their voices to Richard Curtis’s Make My Money Matter campaign

Daily Mirror

Santander and Barclays slash mortgage rates as experts predict ‘price war’

Santander and Barclays are the latest mortgage lenders to have brought down their fixed rate deals, despite a looming base rate rise, as brokers expect a “price war”

The Guardian - UK

From classroom coder to cybersecurity whizz: success stories from a children’s programming project

A digital games scheme is giving bright young minds an insight into how coding works and the amazing things it can do. For some, it takes their lives – and future careers – in new directions

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