On 24 February 2021, the Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates published a paper to support market participants in meeting its upcoming recommended milestones for ending new use of GBP LIBOR in derivatives. The first of these is to cease initiation of new GBP LIBOR-linked linear derivatives by the end of March 2021, except for risk management of existing positions. The paper details the limited circumstances when it may be appropriate to enter into new GBP LIBOR-linked derivatives after the relevant milestones, for risk management of existing positions and to support transition flows for active conversion. The Working Group’s key expectation is that any new GBP LIBOR-linked derivatives expiring after the end of 2021, entered into after the recommended milestones, be based on SONIA.