Giving evidence to MPs on the Financial Services Bill Committee, Positive Money director Fran Boait said that current proposals for …
Treasury Select Committee
Coronavirus QE must also be green: Andrew Bailey needs to stick to his word
Amid the coronavirus crisis, we risk backsliding on the progress we’ve made towards decarbonising our financial system. We must make sure …
Bank of England considering ‘game-changing’ brown-penalising factor for fossil fuel lending
In a letter published today, outgoing Bank of England governor Mark Carney has told the Treasury Select Committee that the central bank is …
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 …
Chancellor Sajid Javid continues to defend secrecy over Bank of England appointment
In September, Positive Money coordinated a joint letter from a cross-party group of MPs calling on the government to publish the shortlist …
Mark Carney: “There will be a change” in “unsustainable” monetary system
Bank of England governor foresees monetary reform and puts forward Positive Money proposal as possible solution In August the outgoing …
Treasury fails to increase transparency over BoE governor appointment
This week we published a joint letter, coordinated by Positive Money and signed by 28 cross-party MPs, calling on the chancellor to publish …
To beat a no-deal Brexit, the government and Bank of England must work together
This week marks 10 years since the Bank of England introduced its quantitative easing (QE) programme, setting in motion the creation of …
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 …