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Comment: UK lenders’ Covid-19 shine fading fast over freeze on housing market

By Fiona Maxwell
  • 27 Mar 2020 08:09
  • 27 Mar 2020 08:09
UK banks have been touted lately as saviors in the economic fight against Covid-19. But a push to halt the property market might well see their reputation tarnished again.
In a marked difference to the financial crisis — where lenders were blamed for the economic misery faced by millions

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Fiona Maxwell

Senior Correspondent


Fiona Maxwell is a financial services senior correspondent at MLex in London. She began her career as a reporter for Risk.net, writing about EU post-crisis regulation, and later worked for POLITICO in Brussels, covering the intersect between financial policy and politics. Prior to joining MLex, Fiona worked at the Bank of England as a policy adviser in the prudential policy directorate.

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