Hanbury Strategy's Sander Schol on the likely future for the City and its regulators under a Labour government and how a new approach to UK-EU relations could benefit financial services

Following the Rules

With just days to go until the UK goes to the polls, today’s guest outlines what City executives can expect from a Labour administration. He discusses how he expects the relationship between the new government and finance watchdogs to develop and why regulators may well see a new secondary objective land on their plate.

He also details how he believes relations between the UK and the European Union will change following elections in the bloc, and will change following elections in the bloc, in ways that could ultimately be beneficial to the financial services sector.

Sander Schol’s 20-year career includes stints helping to decipher policymakers and governments’ approach to financial services for bosses at some of Europe’s largest financial institutions, including JP Morgan and BGC Partners. Since 2021, he has advised businesses on policy relating to financial and digital services as head of European public affairs at political consultancy Hanbury Strategy.