CAMPAIGN NEWS

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