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Financing Up: Why Levelling Up Requires Purpose-Driven Finance Organisations
The UK government’s agenda to ‘level up’ the country is important, yet there has been scarce discussion around how the […]
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Joint CSO Statement on UK Green Taxonomy
On 31 May 2022, we joined over 60 leaders in academia, NGOs and think tanks in sending this letter to […]
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Economist Letter: Dangers of a competitiveness objective for financial regulators
On 16 May 2022, over 50 leading economists wrote an open letter to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak MP, and the […]
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Financial Services Bill 2022: A once-in-a-generation opportunity to legislate for action on climate and nature
A new Financial Services Bill will be announced at the Queen’s Speech on 10 May 2022; this Bill represents a […]
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Financial Services Bill 2022: An opportunity… – MP Briefing
On 27 April 2022, the Lab published this MP briefing with partners Fair by Design and the Fair Business Banking […]
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Is competitiveness an appropriate objective for regulation?
On 22 February 2022, the Lab held a roundtable with the Fair Business Banking APPG to discuss one of the […]
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Why ‘competitiveness’ objectives for regulators risk UK finance success – MP briefing

Financial services future regulatory framework review III – submission to HMT
In February 2022, the Lab submitted a response to HMT’s Phase III consultation for the Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework […]
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Civil Society responds to Treasury’s proposed financial sector reforms
The Finance Innovation Lab has been working with 36 organisations involved in financial sector reform efforts and that represent a […]
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FINANCIAL SERVICES BILL – REPORT STAGE BRIEFING FOR MPS
In December 2020, the Lab prepared a briefing for Members of Parliament for the report stage of the new Financial Services […]
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Lifting the Lid on Fintech
Lifting the Lid on Fintech is a report from the Finance Innovation Lab, published in December 2020. Written by Head […]
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Financial Services Bill – Submission to the Committee
In November 2020, the Lab prepared a submission to the Financial Services Bill Committee, examining the proposed amendments to the […]
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Financial Services Bill – Lab briefing for MPs
In November 2020, the Lab prepared a briefing for Members of Parliament for the second reading of the new Financial […]
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Policy responses to Covid-19
A document summarising the policy responses to C-19 that work through the financial system, such as via bank loans, financial […]
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FCA Open Finance Call for Input – Lab response
In March 2020, the Lab responded to the FCA’s Open Finance Call for Input. Open finance builds on open banking, […]
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