Tyrie’s tirade: licence senior bankers, says standards chief

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Tyrie’s tirade: licence senior bankers, says standards chief

The head of the UK’s banking standards commission has called for a licensing system for senior bankers, complaining that not enough is being done to push such reform through. His comments came as the chairman of the Co-op Group, Len Wardle, resigned after former Co-op Bank chairman Paul Flowers was filmed buying illegal drugs following his disastrous grilling by MPs two weeks ago.

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