I’ll ease banking regulations - Chancellor pledges to lift banking regulations to boost growth as she launches fightback against criticism of her Budget

Rachel Reeves unveils "pro-growth" shake-up of excessive City regulation and red tape - Chancellor tells the City she is “clear that the financial services sector must play a central part in our economic vision and our plan for economic growth.

The Chancellor, in her first Mansion House speech tonight, will say rule changes in the wake of the global banking meltdown were 'right'.

Finance minister Rachel Reeves on Thursday promised a reboot of regulation governing Britain's "crown jewel" financial industry which she said has shackled the City's global prospects since the global financial crisis and stifled UK economic growth.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to merged dozens of council pensions schemes into much larger schemes. Some experts have warned 'big isn't always beautiful'.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is planning what she calls the "biggest pension reform in decades" in an attempt to boost economic growth. The government wants to merge the UK's 86 council pension schemes into a handful of "pension megafunds".

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the UK will introduce legislation next year to pool £1.3 trillion ($1.7 trillion) of pension savings into a series of “megafunds,” as the new Labour government tries to deliver on its pledge to boost private investment and economic growth.