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This month in City AM, I outline the biggest barrier to growth for business. In a recent talk at the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), the former Bank of England Governor, Lord King, reflected that the Bank of England staff had risen from 2,000 to 5,000 people, all working in regulation. Much has been said about the damage to productivity of over-regulation, but little has been done – in fact, the opposite has happened. In this parliamentary session (2024-26) alone, 343 bills

Rachel Reeves has learnt nothing from her last Budget, writes . Jamila Robertson in her City AM column. This week, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a speech to set the context for her upcoming budget, which sent the FTSE tumbling by 57 points and the pound falling to a seven-month low.  Reeves’ upcoming Budget is a can she kicked down the road back in September, when 30-year gilts had reached their highest level since 1998. In her speech, 370 days after her last budget a