Politics

‘Time to end the chaos’: City grandees’ wish list for the new government

From pension reform to a focus on fintech, financial services executives lay out their post-election aspirations

The UK heads to the polls on 4 July. FN’s latest Leadership Roundtable asks what’s in store for the City
The UK heads to the polls on 4 July. FN’s latest Leadership Roundtable asks what’s in store for the City Photo: Getty Images

Some of the City’s most influential figures have called on the next government to keep rebuilding relations with financial services and “make the UK investable again.”

As the UK prepares to vote on 4 July, Labour’s average poll lead remains just above 20 percentage points. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, City minister Bim Afolami and Somerset Capital Management co-founder Jacob Rees-Mogg are just a few of the Conservative MPs with ties to the finance sector in danger of losing their seats.

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