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Head of Policy & Advocacy Simon Youel on Sky News 03.02.26
As the Epstein files reveal then Cabinet-member Peter Mandelson's role in helping big banks lobby the UK government over bonuses years ago, JP Morgan used eerily similar tactics on Rachel Reeves last year - to stop her imposing a tax on their windfall profits. Sadly, unlike Alistair Darling, she caved to the pressure of big finance.
It really begs the question of whose side are politicians like Mandelson on, are they on the side of the British public or their friends in high places?
Read more about the Power of Big Finance and our work to fight back against it: https://positivemoney.org/uk/work/financial-and-democracy/
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