Today we’re releasing poll results which show that only a fraction of people support the Government’s plans to sell off RBS in the near …
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Making RBS work in the public interest
This blog originally appeared on Left Foot Forward. As RBS bosses yesterday sat down to their AGM with a plan to speed up the bank’s …
Financial regulators finally act on climate change but must go further, faster
The UK’s financial regulators are finally taking action to address the profound risks that climate change poses to the firms they supervise, …
How Positive Money inspired me to set up a national mutual credit system
This blog is a guest post by Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org, and does not necessarily reflect the views of Positive Money. I often trawl the …
MPs echo Positive Money’s call to give regulator new powers to protect cash
The pressure is growing on the Government to prevent the rapid pace of cash machine closures, which are continuing at a rate of hundreds …
Interim report from the Access to Cash review: Positive Money response
Responding to an interim report released on Wednesday from the Access to Cash review which warned about the dangers of the UK "sleepwalking" …
New Bank of England research adds to the case against loanable funds
Understanding banks hasn’t always caused such difficulty for economists. In the first half of the twentieth century, theorists like Joseph …
UK government found wanting on financial disclosure
The Green Finance inquiry carried out by the Environmental Audit Committee at the beginning of this year made crucial headway in raising …
The Bank of England must lead on disclosure of climate risk
Three years on from Governor Mark Carney’s eye-catching announcement that climate change is an enormous challenge for finance, the Bank of …