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Regulators are keeping their noses clean on drug and alcohol misuse

Drug and alcohol abuse incresaed in the City through lockdown, but records show regulatory staffers have a clean record

Cocaine and other narcotics are in the regulatory spotlight, so those policing City offenders must show they are in the clear themselves
Cocaine and other narcotics are in the regulatory spotlight, so those policing City offenders must show they are in the clear themselves Photo: Getty Images

Regulators are cracking down on “non-financial misconduct”, but seem to be keeping their own noses clean when it comes to drug misuse.

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned at least four City workers in the past two years for offences such as bullying and sexual harassment, and has previously described such non-financial offences as a “key root cause of harm” and “misconduct, plain and simple”.

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