Bank of England holds interest rates (again)
9 May 2024
London, 9 May 2024 – Positive Money responds to the Bank of England’s decision today to hold interest rates for a sixth consecutive time at a 15-year high of 5.25%. Hannah Dewhirst, head of campaigns …
Solutions to the housing crisis must go beyond building new homes
9 May 2024
Parliamentarians, renters groups and think tanks discuss scaling up council home acquisition programmes and strengthening renters rights LONDON, 9th May 2024 – Yesterday, a coalition of cross-party pa …
Co-Executive Director Fran Boait steps down
7 May 2024
May 7, 2024 Co-Executive Director of Positive Money, Fran Boait, has announced she will be stepping down from the post at the end of 2024 following 11 years of leading the organisation. Positive Mon …
Bank of England losses & HSBC profits: Positive Money response
30 April 2024
London, 30 April 2024 – Positive Money responds to HSBC’s announcement that it’s pre-tax profits for Q1 2024 were £10.1 billion, and the Bank of England’s forecast that it will make cumulative losses …
£30 billion for public spending: surprising ‘seigniorage’ benefits of a digital pound
29 April 2024
April 29, 2024 Positive Money’s new report, ‘The Fiscal Benefits of a Digital Pound’, finds the introduction of a central bank-issued digital pound could bring in around £30 billion extra every year …