The Chancellor says action on Ukraine could have a significant impact on the City of London
In an address on Friday to the IMF he said:
The UK is prepared to take actions that will have an impact on Russian engagement with our financial services … we are prepared to bear the economic price [of this], because the economic price of doing nothing is considerably higher. It’s a price that we’re willing to pay if it enforces the international rule of law.
He also said the Treasury plans had received “strong support from the leading players in the City”.
The City of London is a global financial centre and that is an asset in the UK, but that doesn’t mean that its interests will come above the national security interests of our count.
He also warns on the impact of interest rate rises
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