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...CBI representatives have also shared a platform with at least one minister at other events in recent weeks....
...However, government insiders said Griffith was determined to press ahead with regulation and that the Treasury hoped to respond to the recent consultation in the autumn....
...They have held similar meetings with representatives from other nations....
...The Treasury did not deny that Griffith was concerned about the consumer duty reform and had raised it with the FCA....
...Griffith’s frustration with the FCA reflects a belief in government circles that the regulator’s board and leadership lacks digital expertise, according to one senior government insider....
...“Everyone who wanted a trade union representative was perfectly entitled to have a trade union rep with them.”...
...It is hardly representative of Capitol Hill. It’s a question I put to the FT’s foreign editor, Alec Russell, who’s just returned from DC....
...Labour’s manifesto will be finalised when Starmer holds a “Clause V meeting” attended by the shadow cabinet, union representatives and other senior party figures, but that cannot happen until Sunak calls...
...“The ball I think is firmly back in the court of the government, Andrew Griffith and Jeremy Hunt, this isn’t good enough . . ....
...The UK’s economic secretary, Andrew Griffith, said that NatWest chief executive Alison Rose was right to resign in the wake of the row over Nigel Farage’s account....
...But Andrew Griffith, City of London minister, on Thursday rejected the complaints, telling the Financial Times that many of the pension schemes had invested in companies listed in other markets with similar...
...City minister Andrew Griffith has been asked to investigate the practice of lenders closing down the accounts of individuals or companies whose views they disagree with....
...This is not nationally representative of our population: we can and must do better. But this issue is far more entrenched than boardroom representation....
...Andrew Griffith, City minister, wrote to the FCA last week asking the regulator to prioritise its review of the PEPs regime, saying “some financial institutions may be failing to strike the right balance...
...“We will reinvest every single penny, £36bn, in hundreds of new transport projects across the north, Midlands and the rest of the country,” he said to cheers from party representatives....
...Sarah Main, executive director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, a representative body for scientists, welcomed the prospect of a deal....
...Andrew Griffith, City of London minister, said lenders could offer mortgage term extensions or a switch to interest-only repayment holidays....
...The report questioned the coherence of the government’s approach to China, citing a foreign policy expert who said ministers had “not articulated a coherent China strategy” and a UK business representative...
...Tim Parker Post Office chair 2015-2022 Parker led the board as it continued to aggressively fight legal claims by sub-postmasters alleging wrongdoing....
...Among those who sent representatives to the meeting were oil and gas companies Shell and Harbour Energy; RWE, the UK’s largest power producer; and household supplier Scottish Power....
...“We will be making the case for low carbon energy and all the stuff we would like to see happen to deliver it,” said a representative of one company which is due to attend....
...Jamie Arrowsmith, director of Universities UK International, a representative body, said a deal on Horizon would provide “much needed certainty for researchers”....
...Griffith highlighted some of the proposals in the 30-point reform plan....
...The UK Treasury said Hunt had spoken to Andrew Bailey, Bank of England governor, while Andrew Griffith, City minister, held a round table meeting with industry representatives on Saturday afternoon....
...Griffith told MPs on Monday that Bailey had said the UK banking system was sound and well capitalised, but added: “There are always opportunities for us to learn and look again.”...
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