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There will be no big bonfire of regulations post-Brexit when it comes to UK financial services, the public affairs director for Pimfa has said.Simon Harrington was speaking at FTAdviser's Financial Advice Forum 2023, in conversation with Carmen Reichman, FTAdviser's multimedia editor.He said the announcement of the Treasury’s Financial Services and Markets Bill in 2022 marked a significant step forward in the UK government’s implementation of a post-Brexit regulatory framework.However, he assured the audience that the advice profession did not need to fear a complete unravelling of the EU regulations that have...

The minister said that “some Polish people are nervous that Western governments try to import their politics, their ideology to Polish society”.“We have a specific history, difficult history,” he said. “The Catholic Church played a very important role in our history because it gives our society a power and connected Polish people during the Second World War and during the Russian occupation. So Christian values are very important for Poles.”In recent years, Poland has come under pressure from the European Union over its stance on LGBT issues.In July 2021, Brussels...