Peel Hunt: There’s a ‘missing piece’ in Reeves’ City growth push Investing The government has demonstrated a “fundamental shift” in its approach to growth but must address the key issue of pushing investment into the UK stock market, Peel Hunt has said. In an a note to investors today, Peel Hunt’s head of research, Charles Hall, stressed that while Rachel Reeves‘s Mansion House speech had been a [...]
We need to regulate for growth, not just for risk Opinion In her Mansion House speech, the Chancellor did not shy away from the need to deliver reform to support financial services to innovate, grow and finance investment across Britain, says Tulip Siddiq Financial services are at the heart of our economy, employing 1.2m people – from London to Edinburgh, from Manchester to Belfast. The sector [...]
Reeves to lay out pensions overhaul in Mansion House speech Investing Rachel Reeves will reportedly propose an overhaul of Britain's pension fund industry in her first Mansion House speech as the government tries to unlock billions of pounds worth of investment.
City AM Budget Breakdown: How Rachel Reeves’ decisions will impact business November 1, 2024 In partnership with Camarco, City AM unpicked the key policies of Rachel Reeves' first budget and how they will impact business.
Reeves has chosen decline October 31, 2024 Labour have stuck to the line that they had “no choice” but to make “tough decisions”, but Rachel Reeves had an opportunity to put forward a Budget to kickstart economic growth, and she chose to do the opposite, says James Vitali “Politics is always a choice”, the Prime Minister said on Monday during a pre-Budget [...]
Autumn Budget 2024: Reeves spares banks from tax raid after lobbying October 30, 2024 The government has spared UK banks from a tax raid in its maiden Budget after lobbyists warned it could hurt the sector's international competitiveness.
Why Rachel Reeves’s Budget is making businesses nervous | Bonds & Ballots October 30, 2024 City AM’s City Editor Charlie Conchie takes a look at all the alarms in the run-up to Labour’s first budget.
These two mistakes are making today’s Budget harder than it needs to be October 30, 2024 The problem with Rachel Reeves promising both ‘stability’ and ‘growth’ is that the two can be mutually exclusive. Governments do not create growth; businesses do and they rely on innovation and risk taking, says Alys Denby Not since George Osborne’s ‘caesar’ cut has a Chancellor’s hair-do caused such a sensation. Did Rachel Reeves’ newly auburn [...]
Rachel Reeves puts £240m into new back to work ‘trailblazers’ October 29, 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a £240m funding boost for the rollout of local services tasked with getting the long-term sick back into work. Ahead of the Budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed that tackling rising economic inactivity would be a core economic priority for his government. “We will always help those who cannot support [...]
This will-we, won’t-we budget is causing economic harm October 29, 2024 Watching the will-we, won’t-we budget commentary unfold over the past few months has been painful and has caused significant uncertainty across the market. Not to mention that delaying the budget to October following the July election was a misstep, it has resulted in drawn-out public scrutiny of the multitude of possible tax changes on the [...]