LONDON — Large banks in Britain have clashed with other parts of the financial sector about who should be leading efforts to lobby the government over Brexit.Failing to present a united front could be damaging as the industry, Britain’s largest export sector and biggest source of tax revenue, fights to retain access to Europe’s single market.There is growing speculation that the sector, which includes retail banks, asset managers, insurers and investment banks, will lose rights as the British government negotiates its exit from the EU.Ten of the biggest banks based in London said they were concerned that conflicting industry voices and a burgeoning of lobby groups would dilute government discussions."To the extent it looks disjointed, there is a degree of inevitability about that as different bodies want different things," said Gerald Walker, ING’s UK CEO, and a board member of main industry group TheCityUK.A separate high-level group of executives, headed by Shriti Vadera, the chai...
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