Ahead of PMQs later today, Kair Starmer said that for ‘too long regulation has stopped Britain building its future’

Prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves have confirmed government plans to lift restrictions on defined benefit (DB) scheme surpluses.

Taxpayers may have breathed a sigh of relief today when Keir Starmer ruled out an emergency Budget this Spring. If they believed him.

Keir Starmer has insisted that the economy is 'beginning to turn around', and that growth remains his government's number one priority at a meeting with senior executives this morning.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and finance minister Rachel Reeves met with top executives to underscore their focus on economic growth. The government aims to stimulate the economy by scaling back regulation and investing in corporate pension surpluses.

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer end the week in a better political position than they began it. Market movements have settled, the chatter about Reeves’ position has mostly ended, and the pair have shifted into fight-back mode.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to announce the creation of a high-tech mega-city linking Cambridge and Oxford in a desperate bid to “kickstart” the faltering economy. She will vow to grow the economy in a long-awaited economic growth speech following a wave of criticism from industry and warnings that her tax-raising Budget is destroying jobs.

In a damning report to mark the fifth anniversary of Britain’s departure from the European Union, UK in a Changing Europe said it appears that EU policy is ‘peripheral to Starmer’s government’

Keir Starmer has insisted the UK economy is “turning around” despite a wave of gloomy data. The prime minister gave his optimistic take after telling business leaders that he has instructed his ministers to ditch policies that won’t lead to economic growth.

These changes make this an opportune moment for Sir Keir Starmer to re-engage with the EU. Next weekend the prime minister will attend his first informal summit with other European leaders in Brussels,