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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Lloyds chief urges UK policymakers to keep their hands off banks’ profits

Charlie Nunn
Charlie Nunn said City firms and investors were ‘looking for more certainty and clarity around the future’. Photograph: James Manning/PA

The chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group has fired a warning shot at UK policymakers, saying measures such as a windfall tax on banks should be ruled out before what is expected to be a hard-fought election year.

With Labour largely silent on its plans for City regulation despite its current commanding lead in the polls, Charlie Nunn said City firms and investors alike were “looking for more certainty and clarity around the future”.

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