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1 month ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Tony Wickenden |Simon Fitzpatrick |Claire Trott
On 16 December 2024, it was announced by the Treasury that the chancellor had commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast (which they described as a ‘Spring forecast’) to be presented to Parliament alongside a ‘Statement’ from the chancellor on 26 March 2025. The OBR has to publish two forecasts every year by law.
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1 month ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Darius McQuaid |Simon Fitzpatrick |Jamie Jenkins
Martyn Beauchamp has been appointed as chief executive of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Beauchamp has been interim CEO of the FSCS since October 2023. During this time, he has successfully overseen the FSCS’s transition to a new operating model. Prior to this, he worked in financial services for over twenty years.
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1 month ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Simon Fitzpatrick |Tom Browne |Salome Asabre
The last Labour government cycled through ten pensions ministers in 12 years, with around half of the occupants serving less than a year in the role. It’s early days, but the new Labour administration is already on its second, with Torsten Bell having succeeded Emma Reynolds in January as Reynolds moved to replace Tulip Siddiq as city minister.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
boodlehatfield.com | Simon Fitzpatrick |Fred Clark
3 min read This week we hosted our annual Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prizegiving evening. Celebrating our fifth year of partnership with Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, we once again invited a group of incredibly talented artists, shortlisted at last year's Print Fair, to join us at our offices to showcase their selected artworks.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Simon Fitzpatrick |Tom Browne |Simon Collins
The first months in office of Keir Starmer’s Labour government have been, at times, difficult. He has already had to make significant changes to the personnel at the heart of his Downing Street operation and face negative headlines on both policy choices, such as the Winter Fuel Payments cut, and personal integrity, in the form of rows over donations and ‘cronyism’. For all the early wobbles, however, ministers can legitimately claim to have packed a lot in to their first months in office.
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May 7, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Simon Fitzpatrick |Alistair McQueen
In a general election year, we inevitably spend a lot of time thinking about the policy priorities of the parties competing for government and the issues that will most define their campaigns. Labour – the clear frontrunners – have set out five ‘missions’ they want to put at the heart of their strategy for government, including around economic growth, clean energy and mending the National Health Service.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Simon Fitzpatrick
With the polls continuing to point to a Labour government as the most likely outcome of the general election expected later this year, many analysts have been eagerly awaiting a more detailed prospectus on what this might mean for financial services. The recent publication of Financing Growth: Labour’s Plan for Financial Services was therefore greeted with significant interest.
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Nov 23, 2023 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Simon Fitzpatrick |Trevor Greetham |Claire Trott
In sacking Suella Braverman and bringing former prime minister David Cameron back into government as foreign secretary, Rishi Sunak conducted one of the more memorable cabinet reshuffles of recent times. The PM sought to characterise his reshuffle in terms of “professionalism, integrity and experience” – implicitly contrasting the statesmanlike Cameron with the somewhat ‘maverick’ former home secretary Braverman.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Simon Fitzpatrick |Katey Pigden |Salome Asabre
Parliament has come back to life following the summer recess and both the main party leaders have been tinkering with their top teams as they get election ready. For prime minister Rishi Sunak, the changes were modest at this stage, with just a handful made following Ben Wallace’s decision to step down as secretary of state for defence.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
boodlehatfield.com | Simon Fitzpatrick |Fred Clark
Boodle Hatfield is delighted to continue its support for the Young London Print Prize (YLPP), a competition run by Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair to inspire and showcase the work of young artists. The Young London Print Prize is a competition inviting young Londoners to express their response to the climate crisis through art launches today on the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day.
