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Tom Ambrose

Sexual harassment and misogyny in City go unchecked due to ‘fear factor’, says peer

Helena Morrissey speaks at the Conservative Way Forward relaunch event on 11 July  2022
Helena Morrissey (pictured at a Conservative Way Forward event in July 2022) called for an independent review of sexism in City of London firms. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Sexual harassment and misogyny are allowed to go unchecked at City firms because women have a “fear factor” over speaking out and do not trust human resource departments, MPs have been warned.

Speaking as the Treasury committee launched its sexism in the City inquiry, Helena Morrissey, the chair of the Diversity Project, an initiative in the UK investment and savings industry, called for an independent review of how firms deal with complaints of sexual harassment and misogyny.

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