Privatizing Education - LRC Blog lewrockwell.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lewrockwell.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
FOS appoints Nausicaa Delfas as interim chief
By Leah Milner 19
The Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed Nausicaa Delfas as interim chief executive and chief ombudsman.
Delfas will stand in for Caroline Wayman who is leaving the role after seven years, until a permanent replacement is found.
Nausicaa joins from the FCA where she is currently the executive director of international and interim chief operating officer.
She will be taking up the new role on May 17.
Delfas joins at a difficult time for the dispute service, which is facing a complaints backlog, job cuts and strong criticism of its operations.
Last month the Institute for Economic Affairs branded the complaints body “unfit for purpose” and made a case for “major reforms”. https://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/news/news-analysis-calls-for-reform-of-fos-mount/
England invests far less in wind turbines than Scotland | Karsten Würth, UnSplash
5 April 2021 (openDemocracy) In late 2019, an organism on the edge of life appears to have made the journey from the body of a bat into the bloodstream of a human, and shut down the global economy. Whatever else we may have learned from the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it has taught us that, before anything else, we are biological beings. Our lives and deaths are bound to the beings around us.
This lesson isn’t new. As capitalism has drilled into the boundaries of the life systems of our planet, we have had numerous reminders in recent years that we are not just individuals. All creatures on earth depend on each other.
News analysis: Calls for reform of FOS mount
By Leah Milner 6
th April 2021 12:04 pm
There are mounting calls for the Financial Ombudsman Service to be more transparent and accountable amid controversy over its complaints backlog.
Last week, a report by the Institute for Economic Affairs branded the complaints body “unfit for purpose” and made a case for “major reforms”.
The Association for Mortgage Intermediaries agreed with many of the think tank’s findings and has also called for structural changes.
In December, FOS admitted to the Treasury select committee that it was dealing with a pipeline of more than 23,000 open cases that are more than two years old. Industry commentators have asked how the service will be able to clear this workload as well as the high case numbers resulting from the pandemic when it is also in consultation with staff about cutting 150 roles.
Britain s democratic deficit is escalating the climate crisis opendemocracy.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from opendemocracy.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.