Carney Told to Overhaul Bank of England Culture

  • National Audit Office completes probe into ‘One Bank’ plan
  • BOE launched new three-year strategic plan last month

Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England (BOE), gestures while speaking in London.

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The Bank of England must do more to maximize its overhaul of the three-century-old institution, according to the U.K.’s public-spending watchdog.

The National Audit Office, which probed the effectiveness of the BOE’s 2014 “One Bank” reorganization, said while the central bank had made progress during the three-year plan on changing some aspects of its culture, it has further to go in terms of empowering staff and streamlining decision-making.