The government’s mini summer budget announced last week, reveals a stubborn ideological commitment to the free market above all else. The …
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Positive Money leads call for new Bank of England governor to step up climate action
More than 100 leading experts and civil society figures have signed a letter co-ordinated by Positive Money calling for the incoming Bank of …
Bank of England babies: interest rates and births in post-crisis Britain
New research from the Bank of England finds that interest rate cuts in response to the 2007-08 crisis boosted the UK’s birth rate. Yet the …
Big issues are at stake in this election but public debt isn’t one of them
With the major parties outlining their spending plans, some politicians and commentators have expressed concern about the level of public …
Securitisation is back, and green finance must stray far away
Securitisation played a central role in the 2008 crisis. Yet it’s been making a comeback, and green finance is getting involved. Here’s why …
Tackling gender inequality through investment in social infrastructure
The UK government’s response to the financial crisis brought disastrous economic consequences and unnecessary hardship. Austerity policies …
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, …
Should credit be guided? (IIPP)
This blog was originally posted on the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose blog, hosted on Medium. In academic and policy …