Dear John,

In the next few months, Rishi Sunak will be deciding on new rules to govern big banks’ behaviour post-Brexit. [1] Banking lobbyists will be doing everything they can to push for weak, watered down rules - the scenario that led to them crashing our economy in 2008 and the public being forced to bail them out.

So tomorrow, we’re putting an event on in Parliament to debate how we can make finance serve society’s needs instead. John, we want as many people as possible to join the live Zoom broadcast and Q&A, to show our panel of MPs just how much the public care about this issue.

If you can join us between 10am - 11.30am tomorrow, please register in 1 minute now to receive the Zoom link. You can submit a question for the panel too:

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We’ll start with Positive Money’s senior economist, David Barmes, introducing our new report: “The Power of Big Finance: How to reclaim our democracy from the banking lobby.” Then move on to a debate and audience Q&A with these speakers:

Alison Thewliss, SNP MP and Treasury Spokesperson
Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South
Baroness Kramer, Lib Dem Spokesperson for Treasury and Economy
Fran Boait, Executive Director of Positive Money (Chair)

Positive Money started in the aftermath of the financial crash, as a counterweight to the banking lobby. We believe it’s high-time we put a stop to their unparalleled influence over our policymakers, and reclaim our democracy and economy so it enables communities everywhere to thrive. We hope you can join us tomorrow to help us make a strong case.

Nicole, Rachel, Nikki and the rest of the Positive Money team

PS: If you can make it to the event in-person, we’d love for you to join us. Register for your free ticket here.

Notes:

[1] Positive Money: Economists warn sunak against financial deregulation