Hannah Brenton
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UK readies for crypto invasion as hundreds of companies seek licenses (opens the original)
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LONDON — Cryptocurrency giants are lining up to apply for licenses under a new regime in the U.K. that will regulate all their services to consumers for the first time. Crypto.com, Kraken and Ripple confirmed to POLITICO that they would apply for authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority once a window opens in September to seek a license and become fully regulated by the watchdog. If approved, this would enable them to continue offering services to the British public. It will be a major
UK refuses to release details of top bank cop revolving-door meetings (opens the original)
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LONDON — The Bank of England and U.K. Treasury are under fire for refusing to disclose details of past meetings with Katharine Braddick, now the U.K.’s top banking cop, when she worked as a senior executive for Barclays. POLITICO requested, under the Freedom of Information Act, details of Braddick’s meetings and email correspondence with top officials and ministers during the time she was working at Barclays, from 2022 until this year. The BoE turned down the request, citing exceptions on confid
As Burnham looks north, Tories try to retake the City of London (opens the original)
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LONDON — Britain’s Tories want to win back the City of London. As U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s new Labour government revamps its approach to the economy, the Conservatives sense an opportunity to reclaim the center ground. The Tories — the party of stockbrokers, white-collar workers, big bonuses, low taxes, Margaret Thatcher and the Big Bang of the 1980s — damaged their reputation for economic stability while in government, particularly during Liz Truss’ calamitous period in power. And und
US-Iran war looms over Britain’s economy (opens the original)
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LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s shadow is set to loom over the British economy as the Bank of England on Thursday warned fresh conflict in Iran could send prices soaring. New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham took office last week with a flurry of cost-of-living announcements — but it’s the U.S. president’s policies that risk having the biggest potential knock-on to U.K. inflation, according to the central bank. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee decided Thursday to keep interest rates o
City gears up for a fight on bank tax under Burnham (opens the original)
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LONDON — Britain's bankers fear Andy Burnham could be about to hit them with a massive tax bill. The new U.K. prime minister has taken office with gaps of billions of pounds in depleted government coffers, huge ambitions to revitalize Britain’s industry, and little space to borrow more on the financial markets. Given that squeeze, the City of London worries a new team in the Treasury under Chancellor John Healey could find the sector a tantalizing prospect for a tax raid to try to balance the bo
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