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  • Smart Pension invests £330m into Octopus Energy fund as Mansion House Accord bears fruit

    July 29, 2025

    Smart Pension has made a £330m investment into two funds managed by Octopus Energy in an early sign the Chancellor’s Mansion House Accord is beginning to bear fruit. The pensions firm, which has more than £7bn in assets under management, said the commitment will represent 5 per cent of the portfolio of its default fund, [...]

  • Sizewell C gets £38bn sign-off with support of Centrica and France

    July 22, 2025

    Energy secretary Ed Miliband has signed off on a £38bn deal to build Sizewell C, with Canadian investment fund La Caisse, British Gas owner Centrica and French state companies lining up to back the nuclear power station.  In a final decision signed off by Miliband, the government has agreed to be the largest equity shareholder [...]

  • UK cannot afford triple lock pension, OBR says

    July 8, 2025

    The UK government cannot afford to keep the triple lock pension, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has warned.  Chancellor Rachel Reeves has faced staunch opposition from within her own party and seemingly from the wider electorate over cuts to welfare spending as she bids to meet fiscal rules that prevent high borrowing from further [...]

  • National wealth fund boss slams banking industry’s risk appetite

    June 30, 2025

    The boss of the National Wealth Fund has blasted the banking industry’s risk appetite and cited the lack of risk-taking as the reason for waning growth figures. Speaking at City Week on Monday, John Flint, the chief executive of the newly-established government body, said: “The banking system is very heavily regulated and in the best [...]

  • City minister doubles down on green finance as firms turn sour

    June 30, 2025

    The City minister has reaffirmed the government’s ambition for a green transition across the financial services sector, despite the industry pivoting on climate priorities. Speaking at City Week on Monday, Emma Reynolds said: “The UK has a world leading financial and related professional services ecosystem and the research that is needed to integrate sustainable finance.” [...]

  • Net zero levy cuts are just tinkering at the edges

    June 25, 2025

    The Industrial Strategy contains bold ambitions for cutting energy prices. Yet, for all the glossy presentation, the underlying thinking remains the same: a conviction that Whitehall can shape markets more effectively than the market itself, says Emmanuel Igwe We have learned through history that real progress emerges not from the bureaucratic designs of government but [...]

  • UK cement sector ‘at risk of cracking’ despite industrial strategy

    June 23, 2025

    Production in the UK cement sector is rapidly declining, according to industry leaders, despite government efforts to slash high electricity prices as part of its industrial strategy published on Monday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appealed to thousands of manufacturers across the country with  plans to reduce energy bills by 25 per cent from 2027 after [...]

  • The City is distracted. Climate crisis inaction will cost us everything

    June 23, 2025

    The City can't afford to make the climate crisis a tomorrow problem, writes City of London Corporation policy chairman Chris Hayward.

  • Ed Miliband forced to look again at North Sea oil and gas

    June 19, 2025

    The UK government is mulling over a change to the law to oil and gas projects in the North Sea in a drive to lower energy bills. Michael Shanks, a minister working under energy secretary Ed Miliband, will be visiting Scotland on Thursday with a decision set to be made on the government’s intervention on [...]

  • Co-op boss urges Miliband to support small firms

    June 19, 2025

    The boss of the Co-op has urged Ed Miliband to rectify the host of “far-reaching challenges” impeding small businesses’ net zero efforts, warning that a paucity of cheap finance and planning red tape were getting in the way of firms’ ambitions. In a letter seen by City AM Shirine Khoury-Haq said Britain was at a [...]

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