Labour’s new shadow chancellor has threatened to strip the Bank of England of its independence, a move that economists warn could threaten to enlarge the UK’s debt pile and weaken its currency.
John McDonnell, appointed as shadow chancellor by Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday, said three years ago that he would “in the first week of a Labour government … [end] the Bank’s control over interest rates”.
That independence has “simply meant democratic government decisions being replaced by the influence of shortsighted bankers”, Mr McDonnell claimed. On Monday, he said that the Labour leadership election showed that “new policies and Jeremy’s have been roundly endorsed”.
Such a move would reverse what is considered one of the biggest http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/11863780/John-McDonnells-plan-to-scrap-Bank-of-England-independence-would-turn-back-clock-economists-warn.html
John McDonnell, appointed as shadow chancellor by Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday, said three years ago that he would “in the first week of a Labour government … [end] the Bank’s control over interest rates”.
That independence has “simply meant democratic government decisions being replaced by the influence of shortsighted bankers”, Mr McDonnell claimed. On Monday, he said that the Labour leadership election showed that “new policies and Jeremy’s have been roundly endorsed”.
Such a move would reverse what is considered one of the biggest http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/11863780/John-McDonnells-plan-to-scrap-Bank-of-England-independence-would-turn-back-clock-economists-warn.html
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