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Watchdogs insist reducing regulation will not increase risk of financial crisis

MPs raised concerns that a move to cut red tape typically comes before major financial turmoil.

The Independent UK

Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business

At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves vows to take ‘the boot of regulation off the throat of businesses’ in red tape bonfire

After announcing reforms to the mortgage market, the chancellor hopes to spur economic growth with a bonfire of regulations for the City

The Independent UK

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Savers to be offered deals that could see them more than quadruple their wealth

The move is part of Rachel Reeves’ plan to get more people investing

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves should end national insurance loophole for law firms

Letter: It’s time to change the rules for partners in some of our top law firms, says David Reed

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Will Rachel Reeves’ mortgage bombshell do more harm than good?

COMMENT: The chancellor is right to woo the City – she can’t risk alienating them when she needs their support, writes James Moore. But I’m not convinced her plan to win them over will work

The Independent UK

Voices: Kemi Badenoch is ‘wrong and strong’ – particularly when it comes to the two-child benefit cap

COMMENT: First it was maternity leave, then the gender pay gap – does the Leader of the Opposition actually care about women and families at all, asks Ava Vidal

The Independent UK

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Key points from Rachel Reeves’s Leeds reforms

The measures include reforming key banking rules, cutting red tape in the City, and encouraging more retail investing.

Evening Standard

Voices: Labour wants us to live like working people and do whatever working people do – but what exactly is that?

COMMENT: In the lead-up to the election, the definition was purposely rubbery in order to secure votes, writes Sean O’Grady. Now it’s just as vague, to avoid alienating a nation full of cakeists

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves eyeing VAT hikes on energy bills, SNP claim

LABOUR have “left the door open” to hiking VAT on energy bills and food, the SNP have warned.

The National (Scotland)

OBR boss denies forecast drove welfare cut proposals

Richard Hughes, facing the Commons Treasury Committee, rejected the suggestion the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast was now driving policy.

Evening Standard

Reeves unveils City strategy aimed at cutting red tape and fuelling UK growth

‘Leeds Reforms’ include streamlined accountability for senior bankers and a campaign to get more consumers investing in stock market

The Guardian - UK

Biggest financial reforms ‘in a decade’ to bring risk-taking back into City

Changes include reforming the bank ring-fencing regime and reducing burdensome regulation in the City.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 touches above 9,000 for the first time

The FTSE 100 Index briefly rose above the record high, hitting 9,016.98 at one stage in morning trading on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

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Reeves sets out sweeping reforms to financial sector in search for growth

The changes are ‘freeing up firms to take risks and to drive growth’, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves ripping up the rule book on home loans

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The Independent UK

Taxes won’t rise for people on ‘modest incomes’, minister vows

The transport minister said Rachel Reeves will not hit those on ‘around average incomes’

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves’ mortgage gamble is the move of a chancellor who is running out of options

NEWS ANALYSIS: Plans to get more people on the housing ladder should be applauded, writes David Maddox, but the chancellor must take heed of lessons from the past

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36,000 new mortgages for first-time buyers: What it means for you

New mortgage rules could help up to 36,000 first-time buyers get on the property ladder. Find out if your £30K salary qualifies you for a loan…

Evening Standard

Bank of England to ease rules for smaller and mid-sized banks

The Bank also said it will push ahead with the majority of new capital rules at the start of 2027 but will delay part of the proposals.

The Independent UK

Business news live: FTSE 100 hits record milestone, Reeves to address mortgages and pensions in speech

Stock markets updates, plus business and money news on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves set to bet the house on economic growth by loosening mortgage rules

The chancellor is set to rip up many of the rules brought in after the 2008 financial crash to encourage investors and businesses to take risks again and open up the housing market to thousands more first-time buyers

The Guardian - UK

Reeves to say cuts to City red tape will bring trickle-down benefits to households

Chancellor to announce raft of deregulation changes as City regulators move to pare back transparency rules

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves hails ‘instant impact’ of new mortgage reforms for first-time buyers

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to say on Tuesday that she has placed financial services ‘at the heart of the Government’s growth mission’

The Independent UK

Asylum costs set to take up fifth of UK’s shrunken aid budget, watchdog warns

The Government slashed the UK’s aid budget from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3% in order to pay for increased defence spending.

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