Worsfold's Wisdom: A look at the crack team leading the LIBOR inquiry

CRACK TEAM

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At last we know the identity of those charged with holding banks and bankers to account.

We had to wait a while for the full membership of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (to give the LIBOR inquiry its full title) to be announced. It finally appeared on the Parliament website late last night. The five MPs on the joint House of Commons/House of Lords committee were announced last week and several toys were immediately thrown out of various prams by people who were not picked. Rumours about the five peers on the Commission started circulating last week but were only confirmed last night. So now we know the full line-up: Andrew Tyrie MP (Con), Chairman ...

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