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UNCOVERED: 47 | History Defined

Brexit isn’t to blame for our current problems; it is still an opportunity

Whether that opportunity is seized or squandered is yet to be seen but the dire predictions didn’t happen

The Guardian - UK

Former Bank of England Governor says Brexit partly to blame for soaring interest rates

Mark Carney, who ran the central bank until March 2020, said the UK’s decision to leave the EU had devalued the pound which put upward pressure on inflation

Daily Mirror

The Guardian view on Brexit and the economy: time to face facts

Editorial: Denying the cost of leaving the EU keeps Britain locked in a cycle of falling living standards and rising anger

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Carney doubles down on claims Brexit has taken a toll on UK economy

But Downing Street insists sky-high inflation is being driven by global factors such as Covid and the war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Mark Carney doubles down on claim that Brexit has shrunk UK economy

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has defended his bleak warnings that Brexit would devalue sterling and add to inflation ahead of a recession.

Evening Standard

Scrapping Sizewell C nuclear plant would put net-zero at risk, ministers warned

Power plant could be victim of Jeremy Hunt’s belt-tightening Autumn Statement

The Independent UK

Brexit a key reason for UK inflation, former Bank of England boss says

BREXIT is one of the key reasons why the UK’s central bank has been forced to raise interest rates despite an oncoming recession, a former…

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Interest rate pain is consequence of Brexit, says former Bank of England governor OLD

Current financial woes ‘bear out warnings of Remain side in EU referendum’

The Independent UK

UK rail strikes suspended as RMT says employers ‘seeing sense’ and talks intensifying – as it happened

The rail union says strikes for Saturday, Monday and Wednesday have now been called off

The Guardian - UK

Maersk warns of ‘dark clouds on the horizon’ as it cuts demand forecast amid growing recession fears

The firm said vacancy rates for warehousing fell to near-historic lows, as businesses scrambled for extra storage space to hold their swelling inventory levels after a drop-off in consumer demand

Evening Standard

Mark Carney-led grouping drops U.N. climate initiative requirement

A coalition of financial firms led by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney that aims to tackle climate change said on Thursday it has dropped a requirement for its members to sign up to a United Nations emissions reduction campaign.

Reuters

Mark Carney denies big banks threatened to quit climate finance group

Former BoE governor admits his net zero alliance weakened veto on coal investment because of ‘antitrust concerns’

The Guardian - UK

Economy and Society, October 18, 2022: South Carolina to divest BlackRock funds over ESG

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Bailey must come clean on the way out of this mess

Bank of England Governor insisted pensions emergency bond market intervention would end Friday

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Liz Truss to hold emergency talks with OBR after failing to calm markets

Exclusive: in unusual move, PM and Kwasi Kwarteng will meet fiscal watchdog after mini-budget sparked investor panic

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d never seen anything like it’: how market turmoil sparked a pension fund selloff

Bank of England stepped in on Thursday to stabilise price of UK government bonds and avert a deeper crisis

Evening Standard

Liz Truss says ‘we have the right plan’ despite economic turmoil

But ex-Bank chief takes aim at PM and Kwarteng

Wales Online

Liz Truss breaks silence on mini-budget and economic turmoil

"We had to take urgent action to get our economy growing"

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The Guardian - UK

Mark Carney accuses Truss government of undermining Bank of England

Former governor’s comments come after central bank forced into £65bn intervention to avert financial crisis

The Guardian - UK

40% of mortgage deals pulled since mini-budget; financial markets in turmoil – as it happened

Prime minister and Treasury secretary fail to restore investor confidence in series of interviews, as government bond yields rise and stock markets tumble

The Independent UK

Liz Truss government ‘undercutting’ economic institutions, says ex-Bank of England governor

Mark Carney says mini-Budget measures ‘working at some cross-purposes’ with central bank

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Bailey: who is the Bank of England governor – and is his job safe?

He has been accused of being asleep at the wheel over inflation, but sacking the Threadneedle Street chief would be a risky step

The Guardian - AU

Australian super funds must pressure companies to cut emissions, former Bank of England chief says

Mark Carney says a strong government commitment to net zero is a ‘prerequisite’ before the community can make real progress

Reuters

Russia bars entry to 43 Canadians in sanctions response

Russia sanctioned 43 Canadian citizens on Monday, barring them from entering the country in a tit-for-tat response to Western sanctions on Moscow.

The Guardian - UK

Bank group accused of exploiting loopholes and ‘greenwashing’ in climate pledge

‘Net zero’ global alliance of financial institutions, begun at Cop26, can still invest in coal and other fossil fuels

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