Amid criticism, can trust in U.K. FRC be restored?
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Paul Hodgson2018-04-16T17:15:00
Attacks on the Financial Reporting Council are growing at the same time the U.K. regulator has been granted sweeping new powers to do a job it has been accused of not doing very well.
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