MPs take FSCS funding fight to Hoban's door

Laura Miller
clock • 2 min read

MPs who back advisers' calls for a speedy review of FSCS funding will take the fight to Treasury Secretary Mark Hoban, after the FSA last night refused to commit to an April 2012 deadline for the overhaul.

Jonathan Evans, MP for Cardiff North and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on insurance and financial services, branded the current funding system an "injustice". He told IFAonline he will call on Hoban to give evidence to the committee on why the process has stalled, and put pressure on him to speed it up. "The next step is to bring in Hoban. The FSA has said they can be influenced by the Treasury so that's what we'll do." His pledge followed an APPG meeting last night in which FSA director of conduct policy Sheila Nicoll all but ruled out a change in how the FSCS ...

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