London, 13th January 2020 Positive Money response to Labour macroeconomic framework Responding to Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds’ …
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Bank of England falling behind on climate leadership – Positive Money response
London, 11th December 2020 Below is comment from Positive Money on the Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey’s comments on climate …
Banking regulator to allow lenders to resume dividend payouts – Positive Money response
Below is comment from Positive Money on this afternoon’s announcement that the banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), …
Concrete action needed to boost productive investment: Positive Money response to new productive investment working group
London, 20 November 2020 - The Treasury, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority will be convening an industry working group …
Sunak’s green finance plans come under fire from experts – Press Release
London, 16 November 2020 The government’s newly outlined approach to green finance has already come under criticism for relying too …
Rishi Sunak announces first UK green gilts – response
Today, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced plans to launch the UK’s first green government bonds (‘gilts’), following the lead of 16 other …
Sunak needs to pull his weight and spend more, after BoE buys up £150bn more bonds
London, 5 November 2020 - Responding to the Bank of England announcing another £150bn of quantitative easing (QE) ahead of the Chancellor’s …
Bank of England confirms plans to incorporate climate into asset purchases: Positive Money response
A senior Bank of England official announced today that the Bank is seeking the Treasury’s backing to incorporate climate risk into its asset …
Government must do more to relieve small businesses of unsustainable debt
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today that businesses affected by local and national restrictions can now claim cash grants of up to £3000 …