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Global green bond sales hit record $39.1 billion

Bloomberg The green bond market is hotting up again with investors bracing for a potentially record month of sovereign sales. Spain, Colombia and the UK are due to offer their inaugural green bonds this month, with the latter expected to “certainly be the largest” in the world by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. That’s in addition to established issuer ...

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Johnson’s $47 billion NHS plan resisted by Treasury, says Times

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to reform health and social care by handing 34 billion pounds ($47 billion) to the National Health Service (NHS) faces resistance from the Treasury, the Sunday Times has reported. Johnson’s cash boost is designed to kick-start a period of policy reforms, including a plan to cap the amount that people have to pay ...

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Spain sticks to raise minimum wage to reduce wealth gap

Bloomberg Spain is sticking to its strategy of raising the minimum wage to tackle the growing wealth gap in the country amid the fastest acceleration in inflation in nearly a decade, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said. “It’s an important instrument to reduce inequality, which has risen in our country in the past years,” Calvino, who also serves as deputy prime ...

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