Navigating unprecedented change, supporting communities: annual report and accounts 2019-20

Read the speech delivered by Anne Richards DBE, our Leadership Council Chair, at our Annual Conference 2026.

Our summary of the Chancellor's Mansion House speech welcomes the increased focus from the government and regulators on growth, however bolder ambition and faster, more decisive implementation is necessary to secure the UK’s competitiveness as a world-class international financial centre in the next decade and drive investment and growth.