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Bank of England deputy Charlotte Hogg resigns her post | Bank of England deputy Charlotte Hogg resigns her post |
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Charlotte Hogg, who was about to become the Bank of England's deputy governor for markets and banking, has resigned from the Bank after failing to disclose her family connections. | Charlotte Hogg, who was about to become the Bank of England's deputy governor for markets and banking, has resigned from the Bank after failing to disclose her family connections. |
While being questioned over her appointment by MPs, she told them her brother had a senior role at Barclays. | |
She had worked for the Bank for several years without mentioning this. | |
The Bank's code of conduct, which she helped to draw up, states employees must declare such connections. | The Bank's code of conduct, which she helped to draw up, states employees must declare such connections. |
MPs on the Treasury Committee said she "fell short of the very high standards" required and the committee said it had "set aside" its approval of her appointment. | |
Despite her resignation, she will take part in this week's interest rate setting decision on the Monetary Policy Committee. It will be her first and last time. | |
'Honest mistake' | |
Minutes after the Treasury Committee released its comments the Bank announced Ms Hogg's resignation. | |
Bank governor Mark Carney said: "While I fully respect her decision, taken in accordance with her view of what was the best for this institution, I deeply regret that Charlotte Hogg has chosen to resign from the Bank of England." | |
In her resignation letter, Ms Hogg said she was very sorry for not declaring her brother's role. | In her resignation letter, Ms Hogg said she was very sorry for not declaring her brother's role. |
"It was an honest mistake: I have made no secret of my brother's job - indeed it was I who informed the Treasury Select Committee of it, before my hearing. | "It was an honest mistake: I have made no secret of my brother's job - indeed it was I who informed the Treasury Select Committee of it, before my hearing. |
"But I fully accept it was a mistake, made worse by the fact that my involvement in drafting the policy made it incumbent on me to get all my own declarations absolutely right. | |
"I also, in the course of a long hearing, unintentionally misled the committee as to whether I had filed my brother's job on the correct forms at the Bank. | |
"I would like to repeat my apologies for that, and to make clear that the responsibility for all those errors is mine alone." |