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City faces ‘fear factor’ over reporting sexual harassment

MPs on the Treasury Committee are told women often fear speaking out about workplace sexual harassment

'There are big pockets of no progress whatsoever', Dame Helena Morrissey says
'There are big pockets of no progress whatsoever', Dame Helena Morrissey says Photo: Mary Turner/Getty Images

An old boys' club and “fear factor” over reporting sexual harassment still exist in the City, UK politicians have been told, as they continue to probe sexism in financial services.

“There are big pockets of no progress whatsoever,” Baroness Helena Morrissey, chair of the Diversity Project, told the influential Treasury Committee on 17 October.

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