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Taking a fresh look at the Bank's role would send a strong signal that a Burnham government is prepared to do things differentlyUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesWhen Louise Haigh – then a lowly backbencher – wrote a policy prospectus for the leftwing Renewal journal back in May, it contained a little-noticed nugget: a rethink of the Bank of England's mandate.Haigh, who quit as transport secretary in 2024 after it emerged she had been convicted of fraud over a missing work phone, is back in frontline politics as a lynchpin of Andy Burnham's operation. Economists are now asking whether the Bank, and the mandate it gets from the chancellor to solely target stable prices, will be in the new administration's sights. Continue reading......

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BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - The British pound strengthened against other major currencies in the European session on Wednesday, due to decreased political unpredictability in the U.K. and anticipation of......

Exclusive: Andrew Bailey says he does not regret meeting Reform UK leader to discuss cryptocurrency regulationThe Bank of England governor has said he would have put off a controversial meeting with Nigel Farage last autumn had the Reform UK leader's £5m gift from a crypto billionaire been under investigation at the time.Andrew Bailey said he did not regret meeting Farage to discuss the Bank's plans for cryptocurrency regulation last September, months before the controversial donation from Thailand-based investor, Christopher Harborne, was revealed by the Guardian in April. Continue reading......

The resumption of fighting has scotched hopes that a peace deal between the US and Iran would mark a return to normal after months of war....

Andrew Bailey warns that US will not be able to achieve its ambitions aloneThe Bank of England governor has called for international cooperation to tackle growing AI threats, warning that the US and Trump administration would not be able to achieve their ambitions alone.Andrew Bailey's comments come weeks after the US president, Donald Trump, temporarily banned foreigners from using Anthropic's powerful Claude Mythos model. Continue reading......

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned that the fallout from an artificial intelligence stocks bubble bursting would reach the UK economy and could prompt a response in interest rates....

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned that the fallout from an artificial intelligence stocks bubble bursting would reach the UK economy and could prompt a response in interest rates. He made the comments during a testimony before Parliament's Treasury Committee. (Source: Bloomberg)...

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Traders boosted wagers on Bank of England and European Central Bank interest-rate hikes after surging oil prices reignited inflation fears....

The pound rallied against the dollar and the euro on Friday as renewed hostilities with Iran fuelled fears interest rates will be raised to combat inflation....

Direct oversight of 'critical third parties' such as Oracle and Microsoft given to ensure resilient cyber-defences and help safeguard UK economyThe Bank of England has been handed powers to regulate important tech firms including Amazon and Google from next week, amid fears that system failures could threaten financial stability and harm consumers.From Monday, the Bank and fellow City regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be in charge of ensuring that four large-scale providers of cloud and tech services to banks are resilient and actively reducing the risk of cyber-attacks and major outages that could disrupt services for millions of people and businesses across the UK. Continue reading......

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez said on July 8 she had written to Britain's King Charles III requesting the release of about 30 tonnes of Venezuelan gold held at the Bank of England, needed for reconstruction efforts....

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Hong Kong developer SEA Holdings Ltd. has hired advisers to offer for sale an office building in the City of London that's leased to the Bank of England....

The International Monetary Fund said that Silvana Tenreyro will serve as the lender's new chief economist and lead its research department starting in August, according to a statement Tuesday....

UK banks are considering unfunded significant risk transfers, according to a report from the Bank of England, which warned that this riskier type of credit hedge is potentially less reliable during times of stress....

Bank of England financial policy committee members voice concern on trimming lenders' financial buffersBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of England is planning to loosen capital requirements for major UK lenders, even as policymakers expressed concern about the threat to financial stability from rapid AI developments and debt-fuelled stock investments.The central bank said on Tuesday it was looking to remove and loosen some rules introduced after the 2008 financial crisis that determine the size of the financial cushion required to absorb losses and protect consumers and taxpayers when things go wrong. Continue reading......

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm over a sharp increase in artificial intelligence (AI) risks amid soaring stock markets and cyber attack fears....

Alternative asset managers have given the Bank of England detailed information on their investments in 520 UK corporates with revenue of more than £230 billion ($308 billion), as part of the watchdog's probe into potential economic fallout from a private markets crash....