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Fighting off wrong-headed EU regulation
It is superficially attractive to many MEPs who do not understand the City of London to cap the bonuses of all those who work in financial services, but doing so will have serious knock on effects for investors. Fund managers, who look after our pensions and our ISAs, make money on our behalf. If they do well, then it seems fair that they are rewarded for their success. A bonus cap will result in bigger basic salaries, meaning fund managers' interests will be less aligned with those of...
Building up European defences against cyber Attacks
While it is vital that David Cameron reaches a new settlement for the UK in Europe in 2017, we have to continue cooperating with our neighbours in Europe to fight common enemies.
Cyber attacks - from hostile governments, terrorists and criminal organisations - cost the UK economy up to £27bn a year, a figure that is growing as cyber criminals become more sophisticated. That is we have been working in the European Parliament to strengthen our defences against such attacks. Specifically I have...
