A busy day - powered by the lovely people at Spread! ⚡️🍴
They’re still very much producing amazing sandwiches - currently from their place on Roe Road. Well worth a try if you haven’t already…
A busy day - powered by the lovely people at Spread! ⚡️🍴
They’re still very much producing amazing sandwiches - currently from their place on Roe Road. Well worth a try if you haven’t already…
Very pleased to welcome Katharine Braddick CB as the next Deputy Governor for Prudential Regulation at the Bank of England & CEO of the PRA.
Katharine will succeed Sam Woods in June this year. For more ⬇️
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Knocking those by-election doors for Labour’s brilliant Angeliki Stogia in Gorton & Denton! 🌹💪
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Strengthening ties with our European partners is central to our Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy 🇬🇧🤝🇪🇺
Very good to meet Burkhard Balz from Deutsche Bundesbank 🇩🇪 to discuss shared priorities in FS — from strong capital markets to the future of digital payments.
Great to speak to some of the country’s leading innovators about the role of 🇬🇧’s capital markets in supporting the next generation of 🇬🇧 tech! 🚀
Thank you very much to Tech UK & The City UK for the invitation.
Today - because of decisions we have made - millions of households across the country will be paying on average £117 less on their bills.
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The deaths of Louis-Ryan Menezes & Fred Shand were entirely tragic & so heartbreaking.
Their families, alongside organisations from #Northampton, have come together to make this important film highlighting the consequences of knife crime.
Very good to talk all things co-ops & mutuals with Joe Fortune & Caitlin Prowle of @coopparty.party.coop today.
This Government is committed to supporting the co-operative & mutual sector to grow & we’ve got an exciting agenda ahead.
Wonderful to visit one of our brilliant local businesses in #Northampton: Redbrick Day Nursery
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Join me in #Northampton town centre next Friday for a coffee & a chat ☕️
If you can make it along, please email lucy.rigby.casework@parliament.uk so we know you’re coming!
For details of other surgeries and coffee mornings, sign up to my newsletter 👉 www.lucyrigby.co.uk/subscribe
Dropped into Warwick Banking Hub with @mattwestern.bsky.social this morning to see 1st-hand the services on offer, chat to staff & hear directly from customers.
As a Government we’re committed to working with industry to get to 350 hubs across 🇬🇧. 210 open already & more on the way…
Ramadan Mubarak 🌙
Wishing everyone in #Northampton observing Ramadan a blessed & peaceful month.
Pancake day! 🥞🥞🥞
17.02.2026 21:05 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1A pleasure to attend today’s Financial Services Roundtable at SMBC to discuss how we can build on the strength of our 🇬🇧 🤝 🇯🇵 relationship with greater cooperation on financial services. And I got to share a lovely cup of tea 🫖 with Ambassador Suzuki! ☕️☕️
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Grateful to Ben & Henry from the Environment Agency for accompanying me to meet with residents in Dallington Village & take a look at the riverbanks in St James.
It’s critical that our local communities are properly protected from flood risk & I’ll continue to work with all to that end.
Rain or shine…☔️☔️☔️
Thank you to the incredible (& now incredibly damp) Northampton North A Team for a good session on the doors this aft 🙌
Tracey, Melody & everyone at The Spring Charity do such incredible work in our community.
Loved popping in again today to meet some of the local mums who have benefited from Spring’s services, & to see the lovely new kitchen!
Today, we laid the legislation to designate the
@mmhpi as a super-complainant 💬 - meaning MMHPI can raise major issues directly with regulators on behalf of consumers, helping ensure people in vulnerable circumstances are treated fairly 👉 legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/12...
Delighted to launch the Investment Management Taskforce this morning with industry leaders from across the sector, the Investment Association & the FCA.
We’re working together to strengthen our digital retail ecosystem to the benefit of consumers, businesses & our wider economy 💪
Today we’ve taken an important step towards issuing 🇬🇧’s 1st Digital Gilt Instrument 💷✨
DIGIT will:
⚙️ Enable faster & more efficient transactions
💸 Reduce costs for firms
🔐 Enhance security across our financial system
Support for credit unions is a key part of this Government’s Financial Inclusion Strategy 🤝
In November, we announced £30 million of dormant asset funding for a Credit Union Transformation Fund led by Fair4AllFinance.
To shape the Fund, see here 🗣️ 👉 fair4allfinance.org.uk/news-and-ins...
Building societies have a long track record of backing 1st-time buyers 🏡 & the latest Building Societies Association research shows that thanks to improved mortgage affordability & innovative products, many could be closer to owning a 🏡 than they think 🔑
👉 www.bsa.org.uk/media-centre...
A pleasure to be at the Finance & Leasing Association’s Annual Dinner last night & to share a stage with @therealnihal.bsky.social for our fireside chat 🔥
Congratulations to all award winners - not every awards ceremony has a choir…! 🎶
Big thanks to you and your staff today Lucy, and all the hardworking people at HMT who contributed to putting the FIS together.
Really believe the strategy can make a big impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable.
Financial inclusion = societal inclusion.
A very good meeting with the Chair of the APPG for Debt & Financial Inclusion, @gillfurnissmp.bsky.social, to discuss how we can tackle the causes of financial exclusion & build financial security for all.
Wonderful - and lots of fun! - to pay a visit to Redbrick Day Nursery in Kingsthorpe.
Very good to speak to staff & owner Jacqui about how they’re providing local families with high-quality childcare & what might allow the business to expand.
Big thank you to Kingsley Residents Assoc & our local @northantspolice.bsky.social officers for joining me on a walkabout round Kingsley Front - not least bc weather not the best ☔️
Residents are rightly sick of the fly-tipping & want to see the area improve. Plenty of actions taken away.
At my advice surgery in Weston Favell, my team & I were able to offer help & advice on issues of concern to residents.
If you need any advice or would like to discuss an issue, please email or call:
📧 Lucy.Rigby.Casework@parliament.uk
☎️ 01604 915131
In Beijing last week I launched & co-chaired the 1st UK–China Financial Working Group 🇬🇧🇨🇳
Thank you very much to industry leaders for their steadfast support in developing proposals that will unlock new opportunities for 🇬🇧 firms & investors
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