The government is cautious about crypto – but I think we’ll get there April 21, 2021 Lord Holmes of Richmond reflects on hundreds of hours of debate over the Financial Services Bill passed in the House of Lords.
Treasury to move forward with recommendations set out in listings review April 19, 2021 The Treasury will move forward with recommendations made by Lord Hill to encourage more fintechs to list in the UK. Last month the former EU commissioner published a set of recommendations which called for a range of deregulatory measures. Among the recommendations was the use of dual class shares, which allow company founders to maintain [...]
Police ‘assessing’ allegations Brexit Party candidates were offered peerage November 16, 2019 Police are assessing two allegations of electoral fraud after claims the Conservative Party offered peerages to Brexit Party candidates in an effort to persuade them to stand down. The claims first came to light in a video posted by Nigel Farage on Twitter earlier this week. The Brexit Party leader claimed that he and eight [...]
Government calls for ‘gradual return’ to offices over summer after 19 July July 14, 2021 The government has today suggested workers go back to the office gradually after 19 July as Covid cases are expected to keep rising. The government’s advice for employers includes calls for workers to reduce the number of people they have contact with, the use of face masks in some situations and ventilation checks in offices. [...]
Opening our eyes to financial inclusion for the good of the economy April 22, 2021 Lord Holmes of Richmond explains some of the government's thinking behind the Financial Services Bill.
Tories see vaccine bounce to take five-point poll lead over Labour February 14, 2021 New polling has revealed a post-vaccine bounce for the government, with the Tories now leading Labour by five points. The Opinium poll has Boris Johnson’s Conservatives at 42 per cent and Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour on 37 per cent. The jump has coincided with the government’s rollout of the vaccine, which has been among the [...]
Covid recovery: IMF predicts UK economy to grow fastest of all G7 nations July 27, 2021 The UK economy is set to recover much faster than expected from the Covid crisis as a resurgence in consumer spending and the success of the vaccine rollout boosted official forecasts. According to the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook report, the UK economy will expand seven per cent this year, a sharp increase [...]
City Corporation calls on policymakers to help UK compete with US for tech listings May 7, 2021 The City of London Corporation has today (7 May) published a new research report calling on policymakers to take vital steps to improve the UK’s attractiveness as a destination for new listings. London’s Equity Capital Markets Ecosystem finds that the UK should act to address the current disparity which exists with competitors, notably the US which [...]
Eurosceptic politicians form new post-Brexit City lobby group February 16, 2021 A group of Eurosceptic City figures and politicians have created a new UK financial services lobby group in a bid to trumpet the sector’s success post-Brexit. The body, launched yesterday, is called the CityUnited project and it aims to “combat and negate the EU’s actions” by “promoting bold new initiatives to exploit the UK’s expertise in [...]
G7: EU leaders to heap pressure on Boris Johnson over Northern Ireland row June 11, 2021 Boris Johnson is set to face pressure from EU leaders in a series of G7 summit meetings tomorrow over how to manage the post-Brexit situation in Northern Ireland. Negotiations about the future of checks on goods going between Northern Ireland and Great Britain are deadlocked, after Johnson refused a Brussels proposal for the UK to [...]