Ben Slapper

Cutting cash Isa limit will not boost stock market, MPs warn Rachel Reeves Treasury committee says move in November budget could push up mortgage rates instead

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Assume this will be merch at the London shows?

Mismanagement, not budget cuts, is damaging UK’s official data Government is right to split the role of UK Statistics Authority chief

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@stephenkb.bsky.social : Mismanagement, not budget cuts, is damaging UK’s official data

The litany of failures in UK statistics must stop My committee will press for transparency and accountability so that the country’s official data can be trusted

This is very good.

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The litany of failures in UK statistics must stop My committee will press for transparency and accountability so that the country’s official data can be trusted

“The litany of failures in UK statistics must stop” - excoriating words for ONS and UKSA from Simon Hoare MP, chair of the select committee, blaming poor governance for bad culture and collapse in standards. I agree, and under-resourcing is part of it.

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PACAC Chair Simon Hoare on the state of official statistics

Expect more on this after recess !

Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right What you learn at a gathering of neoreactionaries, Very Online rightwingers and the formerly cancelled

Well this by @jemima.bsky.social is fascinating on multiple levels...

Bank of England governor distances himself from Rachel Reeves’ attack on regulators Andrew Bailey backs idea of reform but insists ‘we can’t compromise on basic financial stability’

Governor not exactly backing Chancellor statement that regulation is a ‘boot on the neck’ of business

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My name has changed due to marriage (thanks etc) so I am now called Ben Slapper. All previous nicknames, abbreviations and insults continue to be valid.

MPs slam ‘disrespectful’ obstruction by chair of UK financial ombudsman Commons Treasury select committee frustrated by Zahida Manzoor’s refusal at hearing to explain sacking of FOS chief

Treasury Committee on FOS handling of Abby Thomas’ departure

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ONS run like ‘Tudor court’ with ‘catastrophic’ failings Committee of MPs discuss whether problems at Office for National Statistics are so serious it should be scrapped

ONS run like ‘Tudor court’ with ‘catastrophic’ failings

www.thetimes.com/article/959d...

Lifetime Isas too complicated and risk being mis-sold, MPs warn The saving product’s design may penalise savers and may have been improperly sold to people who could be eligible for universal credit, says a Commons committee

Lifetime Isas too complicated and risk being mis-sold, MPs warn

www.thetimes.com/article/34c7...

Cyber attack threat keeps me awake at night, bank boss says Ian Stuart, from HSBC, said banks were spending

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Savers must not be strong-armed into taking risks with their money Britons favour a cautious approach with their hard-earned savings – who can blame them?

Treasury committee chair Meg Hillier weighs in on ISAs

www.telegraph.co.uk/money/savers...

The government must avoid creating a destabilised culture in Whitehall While our friends across the Atlantic favour the ostentatious and outrageous when it comes to tackling inefficiency, we must take a different appro...

Excl: PACAC chair's warning over civil service culture 'destabilisation'
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A cashless society risks cutting off the vulnerable: DAME MEG HILLIER Online banking and digital payment services have become the norm for many. However, there have been some devastating unintended consequences for some groups.

Meg Hillier in today’s Mail:

A cashless society risks cutting off the vulnerable

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

My partner has the exact same thing and on each review appointment is told that they will make a note to ensure it’s added to repeat as she’s been taking them for years. Only for it to get rejected again when reordered and requiring a review. Seems like so much wasted capacity taken up.

If we can’t trust economics data, spending debates are built on sand Without an accurate picture from the Office for National Statistics of productivity or employment, how can ministers or the Bank of England make the best decisions?

Meg Hillier in tomorrow’s Times:

If we can’t trust economics data, spending debates are built on sand

www.thetimes.com/article/0400...

Show me the evidence that City deregulation will help growth There is a severe risk of ‘Treasury capture’ as consumers are outgunned in the battle for the ear of policymakers

For once, though, good pushback, not least from the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee Meg Hillier - "where is the proof that stripping away financial services regulations will generate meaningful growth across the UK?" www.ft.com/content/57c1...

Show me the evidence that City deregulation will help growth There is a severe risk of ‘Treasury capture’ as consumers are outgunned in the battle for the ear of policymakers

on.ft.com/3EI32pF Show me the evidence that City deregulation will help growth

Work of the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation - Committees - UK Parliament

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UK Parliament's Treasury Select Committee is calling in the govt's Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation to ask them questions about the effectiveness and implementation of Russian sanctions.
Next Tuesday. Def one to watch 👀 committees.parliament.uk/work/8654/wo...