Bank of England urged to stop accepting fossil fuel assets as collateral for public loans

'Hidden subsidy'

Cecilia Keating
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Campaigners have accused the Bank of England of providing a "hidden subsidy" to fossil fuel companies, as they stepped up calls for the central bank to reform the way it lends public money to financiers.

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