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UK financial regulators must remain independent from government, lawmakers say

By Fiona Maxwell
  • 05 Jul 2021 18:31
  • 05 Jul 2021 12:07
UK financial watchdogs shouldn't be required to share policy proposals with the government before they're published for public feedback, a group of influential lawmakers said in a report today. 
Parliament’s Treasury Committee said it had not seen compelling evidence that would justify a change in the law to allow ministers

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Fiona Maxwell

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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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