Lambert leaves FPC before first meeting - papers

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Exits at the FPC, more trouble for Glencore, an FSA probe at Eddie Stobart's, and a rush for inflation-beating savings bonds - our round-up of the nationals' top finance stories.

EX-CBI director-general Sir Richard Lamberthas walked away from his new role with the Financial Policy Committee - before he's even had his first meeting. He had been viewed as a key high-profile member of the panel and his departure could prove to be a stumbling block for chancellor George Osborne's flagship financial regulation reforms. MORE Thousands of savers joined a scramble yesterday for inflation-beating index-linked National Savings & Investments certificates. NS&I was bombarded with applications after it relaunched its hugely popular tax-free savings certificates. MORE Glen...

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