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.
Economics only (an election-free edition)
The UK has been bottom of the G7 investment league in 24 of the past 30 years.
We are on course for the highest annual rise in unsecured household debt since records began, and UK poverty levels are 50% higher than they were in the 1970s.
The finance industry is one of the main industries funding politicians. Here are four ways the UK could tackle its political integrity crisis.
Fossil fuels and the just transition
As banks move out of financing fossil fuels, who is filling the gap? But G7 banks are still propping up the coal industry. And regulators have been urged to launch a probe into greenwashing by UK’s high street banks.
How can we measure financed emissions?
The insurance industry needs to scale up massively to support the just transition.
And also…
What comes after neoliberalism?