Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Leeds Reforms promise growth through financial deregulation, but they risk repeating pre-2008 mistakes. Pension funds face pressure to invest in expensive private equity, consumer protections are being quietly eroded, and banking safeguards dismantled. It's regulatory amnesia in action - and ordinary savers will pay the price.
After six years, Neil Woodford faces a £5.9m fine - barely 4% of the £160m+ in fees he extracted from investors. With thousands losing their life savings in the fund collapse, this penalty is truly a drop in the ocean compared to the wealth destruction caused and personal enrichment gained.
TEBI
Aug 55 min read
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