Sir Keir Starmer invokes Thatcher in deregulation promise
UK politics – live: Starmer invokes Thatcher and vows to slash red tape ahead of Reeves economic reset speech
Sir Keir Starmer has invoked Margaret Thatcher and vowed to slash “thickets of red tape” to clear the way for economic growth, just hours before Rachel Reeves will announce a raft of policies to try and get Britain growing again.
Ahead of PMQs later today, the prime minister said that for “too long regulation has stopped Britain building its future” and criticised the “morass of regulation” which has stunted billions of pounds of investment in the economy.
UK politics – live: Starmer invokes Thatcher and vows to slash red tape ahead of Reeves economic reset speech