Rishi backs down in regulator row after Bank of England opposition
Ministers had sought to introduce rules allowing them to veto regulators' decisions. But the Bank of England and the FCA expressed opposition.
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Ministers had sought to introduce rules allowing them to veto regulators' decisions. But the Bank of England and the FCA expressed opposition.
It emerged the Prime Minister issued the warning to her top ministers as they gathered in Downing Street for the first time since last week's disorderly Conservative conference.
In a letter to MPs defending the Bank's actions, Sir Jon Cunliffe said officials stepped in to prevent a 'self-reinforcing spiral' which could have led to a market meltdown after the mini-budget.
ALEX BRUMMER: We have lived safe in the knowledge that the financial futures of the ten million Britons in final-salary plans are secure. Until last month, that is.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Treasury chief met with the independent Office of Budget Responsibility on Friday amid efforts to ease concerns about unfunded government tax cuts that have unleashed turmoil on financial markets. The meeting was significant because it was the Conservative government’s failure to publish the OBR’s analysis of its tax-cutting…