sold shares worth just over £1.25 billion or about $1.6 billion dollars. the bank itself was the buyer, seeking a path towards full privatisation. the british government took a majority stake in the bank, known at the time as the royal bank of scotland, at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. us presidentjoe biden fresh from the g7 meeting injapan will meet with house republican speaker kevin mccarthy to discuss the impasse over government borrowing. staff members from both sides reconvened at mccarthy s office in the capitol on sunday evening for talks that lasted about two and a half hours. without a deal, there are repeated warnings that the us treasury could run out of money as early as next week. india has begun the process of withdrawing its 2,000 rupee bank note from circulation leading to an increase in gold buying as people look for another way to save. the 2,000 ruppee note india s highest denomination note will be fully retired at the end of september, a tim
Government
Us
Uk
Crisis
Majority-stake
Privatisation
Presidentjoe
Shares
Buyer
Path
Height
Biden-fresh
causes a gop fire storm. our oath to the constitution, our duty has to come above any partisanship. and a supreme court ruling deals a blow to voting rights. inside politics sunday the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. welcome to inside politics sunday . thank you for joining us on this fourth of july weekend. the president and jill biden has been spending the holiday at the white house and they invited 1,000 military personnel and essential workers to a bash on the south lawn. the white house is hoping that all americans are celebrating finally emerging from more than a year of pandemic era restrictions. and on friday, the monthly jobs report gave biden fresh reason to take a victory lap. the last time the economy grew at this rate was in 1984.
Partisanship
Voting-rights
Constitution
Oath
Duty
Blow
Gop
Fire-storm
Supreme-court-ruling
Stories
Reporters
Inside-politics-sunday