Our monthly round-up of news, ideas and initiatives related to transforming the UK financial system for people and planet, compiled by the Lab’s CEO, Jesse Griffiths.
Power, corruption and inequality
The government’s new financial inclusion strategy needs some work while inequality is starving the economy. Here’s how big banks can help credit unions grow.
Here’s how crypto is financing crime and threatening democracy. Is AI investment a good bubble or a bad bubble? Meanwhile, the ECB says global risk of shocks is at ‘exceptional levels’.
One third of law firms are not complying with anti-money laundering rules. Will the new anti-money laundering super-regulator fix this?
Here’s a new index of the concentration of unelected power. No wonder firms that donate to political parties get major public contracts.
What is the state of global tax justice in 2025?
The climate
Climate change and nature loss could make economies uninsurable.
Here’s what was agreed at COP 30.
Global banks’ progress on climate has stalled while UK banks have made $1.2bn since the Paris agreement by financing deforesting companies. In fact, some banks and investors are banking on biodiversity collapse.
The FCA plans to regulate ESG rating providers.
What should the Bank of England be doing on climate?
Investment and the budget
Public investment in the UK has fallen way behind its peers. Here’s how to finance public infrastructure without unnerving the bond market.
Here are the taxes the Chancellor should have raised in the budget.
And also
The details on the United Nations’ financing crisis.