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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sophie Wingate

Rachel Reeves axes ‘arbitrary rules’ costing firms £6 billion ahead of Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaking at the Regional Investment Summit at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Wire)

Rachel Reeves has said plans to scrap paperwork and “arbitrary rules” for thousands of UK businesses would save firms almost £6 billion a year by the time of the next election.

She set out a package of measures aimed at boosting lacklustre economic growth at the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham on Tuesday.

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