财政大臣约翰·希利已要求英格兰银行审视英国的资本要求制度，以确保其具有“国际竞争力”，并坚称其预算对该行业的征税将是临时性的。
Chancellor John Healey has asked the Bank of England to look at the UK’s capital requirements regime to make sure it is “internationally competitive,” and insisted his budget’s tax raid on the sector would be temporary.
希利在公布预算后不久于彭博社伦敦办公室发表讲话，他告诉商界领袖，他已就央行对监管标准的审查致信行长安德鲁·贝利。业界担心美国银行在更宽松的监管中占据优势。
Speaking in Bloomberg’s London offices shortly after delivering his budget, Healey told business leaders that he had written to Governor Andrew Bailey about the central bank’s review of regulatory standards, amid concerns in the industry that US banks have an advantage in lighter regulation.
希利在周三的预算中将英国的银行税收附加费翻倍至6%，以筹集约15亿英镑（20亿美元），帮助为受美伊战争影响的现金紧张家庭提供生活成本纾困。他补充说，为这项派发买单至关重要，因为“财政纪律不是一种选择”。
Healey doubled the UK’s bank tax surcharge to 6% in his budget on Wednesday to raise roughly £1.5 billion ($2 billion) to help cover cost-of-living relief for cash-strapped households affected by the US-Iran war. Paying for the giveaway is critical because “fiscal discipline is not a choice,” he added.
希利表示，银行附加费将在15个月内逐步取消，并且“这一时间限制将写入立法”。此次增税幅度小于预期，英国贷款机构此前担心税率会升至8%并成为永久性措施。
The bank surcharge will be phased out within 15 months, Healey said, and that “time limitation will be in legislation.”The tax hike was smaller than expected, with UK lenders fearing it would have gone up to 8% and made permanent.
他说，英国的银行“很重要，对这个国家、我们的繁荣以及我们在海外的地位和成功都至关重要”。英格兰银行正在对资本要求进行审查，此前有说法称英国的制度比其他地方更严格。希利还承诺，当《金融服务与市场法案》提交下议院时，将“全力推进”该法案的改革。
He said Britain’s banks “are important, fundamental for this country, our prosperity and our status and success abroad.”The BOE is conducting a review of capital requirements amid claims that the UK’s regime is stricter than others. Healey also promised to “press full ahead” with the Financial Services and Markets Bill reforms, when the legislation comes into the Commons.