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3 weeks ago

Labour MPs push banks to expand lending to small businesses and poorer communities

Legislation would require UK banks to measure, disclose, and improve lending to underserved communities and small businesses, increasing transparency and regulator oversight.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Power Station review solar power and solidarity on a Walthamstow street

Partners in life and in art, the couple build much of their practice around their community in Walthamstow, east London. Their previous project involved setting up an artist-run bank, selling their own currency notes and using the proceeds to buy back 1.2m of debt owned by ordinary local people. This latest film charts an even more ambitious undertaking: to equip the houses on their street with solar panels, transforming the neighbourhood into a power station.
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