war career as a consultant for gchq. he died shortly thereafter, on 7 june 1954, from cyanide poisoning. in 2009, the then prime minister gordon brown made an official posthumous apology on behalf of the “ government and all those who live freely thanks to turing ’ s work ” for his “ utterly unfair ” treatment. 6 turing received a royal pardon for his conviction in december 2013 and in 2017 the “ alan turing law ” was passed, pardoning the nearly 50, 000 men cautioned or convicted under now - rescinded historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts. in the uk today, we are fortunate to live in more inclusive times. thanks to groups like the sexual law reform society and stonewall, and initiatives like pride, there has been huge progress towards ending the unfair treatment of people on the basis of sexual orientation and creating a society in which everyone can be their true selves without fear or favour. 7 see https : / / webarchive. nationalarchives. gov. uk / 20091005104048 / http : / / www. number10. gov. uk / page20571 the bank of england aims to be an lgbt + inclusive employer, taking part in the london pride parade every year and flying the pride flag atop its threadneedle street building. the bank has a thriving lgbt + & allies network which was launched in 2006 and now has around 350 members and allies. in 2018, the bank supported the rollout of rainbow lanyards in the spirit of creating a visibly inclusive and supportive environment – these are now worn by more than 1, 000 colleagues. we complete the stonewall benchmarking exercise each year and were pleased to have increased our ranking by over 100 places in 2018. all speeches are available online at www. bankofengland. co. uk / news / speeches the bank of england is committed to ensuring our banknotes are as inclusive as possible. that means celebrating the breadth of human achievement in this great country from science to the arts to statecraft to literature. and it means featuring a range of individuals who reflect the vibrant diversity of uk society. the design of the note let me conclude by unveiling the image for the new turing £50 note. the design recognises the breadth and variety of turing ’ s contributions to science. the table taken from his seminal paper on computable numbers in the foreground is a succinct representation of a turing machine, and the ticker tape

/ 681. aspx taylor, j ( 2013 ) “ forward guidance as an incipient policy rule at the boe and ecb ”, http : / / economicsone. com / 2013 / 08 / 25 / forward - guidance - as - an - incipient - policy - rule - at - theboe - and - ecb / tucker, p ( 2013 ) “ monetary strategy and prospects ”, speech at the association for financial markets in europe flagship conference on financing growth, london. http : / / www. bankofengland. co. uk / publications / pages / speeches / 2013 / 679. aspx bis central bankers ’ speeches annex : charts chart 1 : uk cpi inflation chart 2 : recoveries across the g7 per cent index ( pre - crisis preak = 100 ) germany france italy uk us japan 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 sources : eurostat and datastream the pre - crisis peak was : 2008 q1 for germany, france, japan and the uk ; 2007 q3 for italy ; 2007 q4 in the us ; and 2008 q3 for canada. chart 3 : uk labour productivity percentage change on five years earlier - 5 - 10 - 15 - 20 bis central bankers ’ speeches