Mervyn King

• Britain to honour Winston Churchill on new banknote

  Britain is set to honour its revered wartime leader Winston Churchill with a banknote featuring his portrait and famous declaration "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat".

• Bank of England keeps policy steady despite new remit

  The Bank of England (BoE) decided not to pump fresh money into its stagnant economy on Thursday, despite a new remit that gives it more leeway to disregard above-target inflation.

• Bank of England chief calls for Royal Bank of Scotland break-up

  The head of Britain's central bank called on the government to break up Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) so the state-backed lender can return to health and be sold to the private sector.

• Moody's strips Britain of triple-A rating in major blow to Osborne

  Britain suffered its first ever sovereign ratings downgrade from a major agency on Friday when Moody's stripped the country of its coveted top-notch triple-A rating, dealing a major blow to finance minister George Osborne.

• Watch what central bankers say, not what they do

  The focus this week will be on what European Central Bank (ECB) Governor Mario Draghi has to say about the strength of the euro and what Canadian central bank chief Mark Carney might have in mind when he succeeds Mervyn King at the Bank of England (BOE) in July.

• British economy shrinks anew, flirts with 'triple dip'

  Britain's economy shrank more than expected at the end of 2012 with a North Sea oil production slump, lower factory output and a hangover from London' Olympics pushing it perilously close to a triple-dip recession.

• Global regulators relax liquidity requirements for banks

  Faced with uncertain world economic conditions, global financial regulators have decided to relax minimum cash requirement norms for banks to help them tide over any month-long liquidity stress scenario.

• Vacancy alert: Needed someone to run the Bank of England

  British Treasury chief George Osborne says he will be advertising a major job for the first time ever: governor of the Bank of England.

• Bank of England official to testify on Barclays

  UK lawmakers are set on Monday to question Paul Tucker, a senior Bank of England official, about his contacts with Barclays during a time when the bank has admitted it was manipulating its borrowing costs.

• Bank of England stops stimulus, leaves key interest rate unchanged

  The Bank of England voted not to give Britain's struggling economy another cash injection on Thursday

• Inflation-wary Bank of England looks set to halt money-printing press

  The Bank of England looks set to call a halt to its asset-buying programme on Thursday as inflation remains high.

• Bank of England chief predicts UK recovery

  Mervyn King, the Bank's Governor said no single agency could be blamed for the crisis and that he forsees quick recovery and better results in employment data.

• Goldman's Jim O'Neill approached for Bank of England job: Paper

  Jim O'Neill has been approached by Britain's finance ministry as a possible candidate to be the next governor of the Bank of England,