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  • The Investment Research Review, led by Rachel Kent, was launched on 9 March 2023, to consider levels of financial services investment research in the UK, and its contribution to UK capital markets competitiveness.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • A consultation on the modernisation of consumer credit legislation.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • This Call for Evidence seeks views on how the government should reform the regulation of the practice of short selling, as part of the government’s programme to repeal and replace retained EU law in financial services.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • This plan sets out how the government is delivering a Smarter Regulatory Framework for the UK by replacing retained EU law on financial services.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The Payment Accounts Regulations (PARs) transposed the EU’s Payments Accounts Directive in 2015. Part 2 and Schedules 1 and 2 of the PARs set out requirements intended to improve the comparability of fees connected with paym…

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • On 27 June 2023, the UK and EU signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on regulatory cooperation in financial services.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • HM Treasury has introduced two technical amendments to the Financial Services & Markets (FSM) Bill to help facilitate UK firms’ continued use of non-UK Central Counterparties (CCPs) under the run-off regime.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • A strategy to harness the UK’s world-leading financial services sector to support our climate and environmental objectives.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Call for evidence to support the development of an update to the UK’s Green Finance Strategy.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have completed a review of the criminal market abuse regime, fulfilling the commitment made in the Economic Crime Plan 2019-22.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • HM Treasury, the CMA, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) have published a joint statement which provides an update on the work of the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee on the fut…

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • A consultation setting out the government’s proposals for adapting the UK regulatory framework for financial services to ensure that it remains fit for the future, and to reflect our new position outside the EU.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • A consultation setting out the government’s proposals for adapting the UK regulatory framework for central counterparties and central securities depositories.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Five pledges from UK banks and finance providers to support their small and medium sized business (SME) customers.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The government is consulting on the way banks and building societies contribute to funding the Bank of England’s monetary policy and financial stability functions, and proposals for an alternative funding arrangement.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • An expanded CCP resolution regime would give the Bank of England additional powers to mitigate the risk and impact of a CCP failure and the subsequent risks to financial stability and public funds.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The CMA is analysing stakeholder views it has received on the arrangements put in place to ensure the effective oversight and governance of the CMA’s open banking remedies, following the delivery of the implementation requir…

  • HM Treasury, the CMA, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) have published a joint statement which sets out their plan to establish a Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee to oversee th…

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Seeking views on the UK’s approach to the implementation of the Investment Firms Prudential Regime and the remaining Basel 3 standards.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The third annual Financial Inclusion Report has been published.

    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government