The Spectator

Books & Arts opener – 19 February 2015

issue 21 February 2015

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So it is goodbye to the Payment Systems Regulator, which will be merged with the Financial Conduct Authority. That is not a huge breakthrough for the nation in itself – it merely means that the likes of Visa and Mastercard will have a different telephone number to ring when they want to organise a bit

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