UK finance minister Reeves to unveil action plan to cut over-regulation.
British finance minister Rachel Reeves will meet financial, environmental and health regulators on Monday to unveil an “action plan” to cut red tape by reducing the number of bodies overseeing sectors seen as crucial to boosting economic growth.
Days after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government would abolish a body which oversees the state-funded health system in England to cut bureaucracy, Reeves will pledge to cut the administrative cost of regulation on business by a quarter.
“Today we are taking further action to free businesses from the shackles of regulation,” Reeves said in a statement.
“By cutting red tape and creating a more effective system, we will boost investment, create jobs and put more money into working people’s pockets.” Faced with tight public finances, Starmer and Reeves are trying to find savings but also unlock new ways to try to boost sluggish economic growth, which contracted in January.
Source: Globalbankingandfinance
