James Crosby

How dishonourable do you have to be to be stripped of an honour?

As the Cabinet Office reviews Philip Green’s knighthood, we look at former honourables who have had titles revoked

Jamie Grierson

25, Jul, 2016 @1:50 PM

HBOS's former bosses wait to learn their fate

Delayed report into near collapse will feature review of whether sufficient sanction was taken against executives

Jill Treanor

19, Nov, 2015 @6:00 AM

Moneybarn sale nets £850,000 for disgraced ex-HBOS chief James Crosby

Former banker blamed for HBOS demise lands windfall after sale of subprime car finance firm to Provident Financial

Jennifer Rankin

15, Aug, 2014 @8:32 AM

City watchdogs broaden HBOS inquiry

Authorities probing staff conduct ahead of 2009's 'colossal failure' will delve deeper into bank malaise

Phillip Inman

11, Jul, 2014 @5:30 PM

Vince Cable plans to force negligent bosses to compensate creditors

Business secretary to unveil proposals to increase trust in UK business including new powers to disqualify directors

Dan Milmo

14, Jul, 2013 @2:33 PM

Former HBOS chief James Crosby formally stripped of knighthood

The banker, slated by parliamentarians for a 'colossal failure' of management, had asked for the honour to be removed

Jill Treanor

11, Jun, 2013 @6:00 PM

Royal Bank of Scotland should stay in public ownership for now – poll

YouGov poll reveals only 9% of voters think RBS should see swift return to private sector, while 66% call for bailed out bank bosses to return knighthoods

Tom Clark and Jill Treanor

16, Apr, 2013 @5:11 PM

MPs demand inquiry into HBOS directors' 'bonuses for going bust'

£914,000 cash – attributed to 'change of control' at bank – paid out to directors following bailout

Rupert Neate

11, Apr, 2013 @7:24 PM

HBOS heat turns on head of new City regulator John Griffith-Jones

Calls come for FCA boss John Griffith-Jones to quit over his former role as head of failed bank's auditors, accountants KPMG

Simon Bowers

10, Apr, 2013 @7:00 PM

Sir James Crosby has done the right thing – belatedly | Nils Pratley

If you are running a large bank like HBOS your first duty is to make sure the institution doesn't go bust – if you fail in that, you have to look in the mirror

Nils Pratley

10, Apr, 2013 @8:21 AM

Kipper Williams on ex-HBOS chief James Crosby

'Crosby gives up knighthood … Crosby takes pension cut … Crosby knighted again for taking pension cut'

10, Apr, 2013 @7:35 AM

Should Sir James Crosby be stripped of his knighthood? | Nils Pratley

The former HBOS chief's £700,000 a year pension is a trickier question – but even Fred Goodwin (belatedly) agreed to cut his