While science suggests that PIN pads are more dangerous than cash, the retail sector continues to spread fear about it. Is this just a naive …
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The revolving door between government & finance must slam shut
Former Chancellor Sajid Javid’s new job at JP Morgan, marks yet another swing in the revolving door between our biggest financial and …
Beyond Financial Inclusion, We Need Racial Economic Justice
The idea of financial inclusion has gained traction in recent years, but the approach fails to account for how ethnic minorities face …
The Prime Minister must put public health before private wealth
How come, right now, in some parts of the UK you can meet your friends and family in a restaurant but you can’t in your own garden? Sound …
The Bank of England and the slave trade – why apologies are not enough
The Bank of England recently issued an apology for its ties with the slave trade. But notably, while accepting that former directors and …
It’s time to champion the visible hand
The government’s mini summer budget announced last week, reveals a stubborn ideological commitment to the free market above all else. The …
Discussing Digital Cash with the Bank of England
In March 2020, the Bank of England published a new discussion paper on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - an important step towards an …
New report: Where are the conditions for the Bank of England’s broken bailout scheme?
The government and the Bank of England are using a new scheme – the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) – to bail out the UK’s largest …
Unemployment is the next crisis – we cannot repeat the mistakes of the 1980s
With unemployment predicted to skyrocket, the pandemic has brought into sharp focus the underlying fragilities of the UK labour market. …