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Here's one piece of legislation you won't have heard of - but could set the future direction of finance in this country for a generation
Ahead of tonight's #MansionHouse speech & launch of Financial Services Bill, will @nadhimzahawi wake up to the #climateemergency?
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Ahead of tonight's #MansionHouse speech & launch of Financial Services Bill, will @nadhimzahawi wake up to the #climateemergency?
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As it stands, the Financial Services Bill will make "competitiveness & growth" a strategic objective, i.e forcing the Govt to take steps to 'act' on something
Meanwhile, climate & net zero is a "regulatory principle", i.e the Govt merely has to 'think' about it
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Meanwhile, climate & net zero is a "regulatory principle", i.e the Govt merely has to 'think' about it
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This epitomises the problem with the Govt's attitude to the #ClimateEmergency
That it's something to think about at some point in the future, a tick box exercise, while we prioritise endless growth above all else
This mentality has to change
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That it's something to think about at some point in the future, a tick box exercise, while we prioritise endless growth above all else
This mentality has to change
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Justifiable reaction or unnecessary use of force? Foreign Office Minister Mark Field says he thought a #Greenpeace protestor could have been armed and grabbed her by the throat at last night’s #MansionHouse speech. Now there’s calls for him to resign. I’m in Westminster @GMB 
The Tory MP has referred himself to the Cabinet Office for investigation. @MarkFieldUK has apologised, but says he acted instinctively. Questions now about security at this major event, with the Chancellor’s speech the main focus. @GMB
The dishonesty of Brexit is insupportable.
Hiding behind a veil of negotiating secrecy means the country can’t analyse, openly & transparently, the hugely complex problems at stake.
Mansion House created multiples of further questions.
But it seems our govt has closed ears.
Hiding behind a veil of negotiating secrecy means the country can’t analyse, openly & transparently, the hugely complex problems at stake.
Mansion House created multiples of further questions.
But it seems our govt has closed ears.
To take just 1 issue - the proposed multiple sectoral agreements in place of a Single Market. What of the mechanism to adjudicate. Or the regulatory systems required. Or the cost of contribution. Or the new red tape. Or the actual loss of control & influence at the table. /2
Let’s try another. The dishonesty surrounding EU Charter. It’s a political decision to remove it from retained EU law. Or else why do it now?
Keep it in & then discuss how best we keep rights. Don’t lose them now. /3
Keep it in & then discuss how best we keep rights. Don’t lose them now. /3
