TheCityUK responds to the Autumn Budget 2026
Our Chief Executive Officer, Miles Celic OBE, responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 2026.
Our latest comments, blogs, press releases and statements about the financial and related professional services industry can be found below.
Our Chief Executive Officer, Miles Celic OBE, responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 2026.
From established relationships to new political ground, the 2026 party conference season gave our members more opportunities than ever to engage with politicians from across the political spectrum.
In this guest blog, John Zecca, Chief Legal, Risk & Regulatory Officer at Nasdaq, explores how tokenisation, AI and digitally native investors are reshaping capital markets, and argues that the UK can lead this transition by moving from experimentation to implementation while maintaining market resilience, investor protection and international regulatory alignment.
In this blog Anjalika explores what makes a financial services trade corridor genuinely ‘emerging’. Using a rule-based approach, she explains how combining initial trade values, long-term growth and cumulative trade helps distinguish meaningful new opportunities from small or volatile flows, and considers how this analysis could help the UK identify and target strategically relevant markets beyond Europe and the US.
The Government’s new “Growth Situation Room” signals a growing focus on devolution as a driver of economic growth across the UK. Drawing on five years of engagement with businesses, policymakers and civic leaders, TheCityUK argues that local growth succeeds when government, business and regional leaders work together from the outset. With the right mix of investment, skills and partnerships, every nation and region has the potential to deliver lasting economic success.
In this blog Anjalika looks at how the UK’s international capital story extends beyond foreign direct investment (FDI). She explains why volatile annual FDI figures tell only part of the picture and highlights the wider role of foreign portfolio investment and cross-border deposits in supporting the UK economy and its position as a leading international financial centre.
The UK has a strong foundation in Islamic finance but must act decisively to maintain leadership. By strengthening Sukuk issuance, export finance, tokenisation capabilities and Takaful markets, it can deepen international partnerships and attract Shariah-compliant investment into priority sectors.
The Presidential endorsement of the Lagos International Financial Centre (LIFC) marks a pivotal step in Nigeria's economic reform, elevating it to a nationally supported initiative. This development aims to build a robust institutional platform to attract sustained investment for Nigeria's long-term growth.
The enhanced UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement reflects the growing importance of services in global trade, introducing ambitious digital and financial services provisions that increase certainty for businesses, strengthen bilateral cooperation, and provide a model for modern, services-focused trade policy and international competitiveness.
The UK-US Transatlantic Taskforce sets a practical agenda for cooperation on digital assets, wholesale markets and cross-border capital raising, supporting innovation, reducing fragmentation and strengthening competitiveness across financial and professional services.
The UK must mobilise private capital alongside public defence spending to strengthen national security, resilience and international partnerships. Our Defence & Resilience Group is helping reduce barriers between finance and defence so the UK can better support investment, innovation and long-term competitiveness.
TheCityUK’s new manifesto sets out how Greater Manchester’s next mayor can work with industry to boost jobs, investment and growth across the city region.