Demonstrators march onto College Green outside The Houses of Parliament at an anti-Brexit protest in central London on June 28, 2016. EU leaders attempted to rescue the European project and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to calm fears over Britain’s vote to leave the bloc as ratings agencies downgraded the country. Britain has been pitched into uncertainty by the June 23 referendum result, with Cameron announcing his resignation, the economy facing a string of shocks and Scotland making a fresh threat to break away. / AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS
Britain’s government dismissed on Friday France’s attempt to lure high finance to Paris to cash in on Brexit, saying it would ensure that London remained the global financial hub.
Pedestrians and cyclists cross Westminster Bridge with the Houses of Parliament in the background in central London on Marhc 23,
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Paris is competing against rival financial centres in Europe for jobs that could move out of London due to Britain’s exit from the European Union.
“London is the leading global financial hub, with the largest market share for financial services in the world,” a government spokeswoman told AFP.
“We are determined to maintain the City’s competitiveness now and in the future,” she said. “We want financial services to continue to thrive here and we stand ready to help the industry maximise the opportunities ahead.”
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Friday laid out a raft of measures aimed at boosting Paris’s attractiveness.
Among the measures unveiled by Philippe are scrapping a plan to widen a current 0.3 percent tax on financial transactions, eliminating the top income tax bracket, and keeping bonuses out of the calculation of severance pay for “risk-takers” such as stockbrokers.
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