"You know, taking out a chainsaw isn’t quite my style but we are stripping away red tape and bureaucracy". Starmer in DC on the Musk and Milei moment at CPAC. Not sure DOGE minus the theatrics is much of a vote winner back home.

An excellent piece by @alanbeattie.bsky.social highlighting the dangers of Labour embracing the deregulatory cult - seems such a far cry from the securonomics agenda Labour ran on in the summer

“Deregulation is the wrong approach - better regulation can drive growth AND fight inequality” Spot on from @fairness.bsky.social

Interesting report from IPPR suggests that to meet clean power and housing goals the UK needs more and better resourced planning, not a bonfire of 'red tape'. www.businessgreen.com/news/4409759...

0.1% growth is hardly cause for the govt to pat itself on the back. As our Head of Campaigns told LBC News today: ❌ Deregulation - especially of the banks - won't deliver GDP growth ❌Even when GDP does grow, most of this doesn't trickle down to households

1/5 🚨 Open Letter 🚨 Labour is turning to a failed playbook to deliver growth: deregulation. A model which has driven instability for over a decade. We’ve written to the gov with @fairness.bsky.social and 24 business leaders, investors and legal experts to demand a re-think. shorturl.at/w7jxB

Nothing that repeatedly intoning the word “deregulation” while burning product standards rulebooks in a giant wicker man won’t fix.

One moment the Labour government launches a Trumpian culture war against the regulators. The next, it launches a huge and complex strategy that is entirely reliant on them. No one is thinking this through. No one seems to know what they are doing. No one seems to know what they want.

It's utter madness. In today's column I discuss how Labour in the UK, just like Trump in the US, is dismantling the administrative state. And how this makes its other plans, including the good things it's trying to do, impossible to implement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m getting really fed up of these abstract attacks on ‘regulation’ - why is Andy Haldane advocating the Doge approach for UK - blanket halving the number of regulators and their budgets? on.ft.com/416pqlx 1/2

Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.

We all want living standards to improve, but the governments growth-at-any-cost strategy is not the way to do this. Regulators ensure we have responsible growth that doesn't come at the cost of social and environmental protection. Unchecked UK's @carumbasra.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk this morning.

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6/6: The new Fair Work Agency could be a game-changer, improving enforcement across and between areas. But without more resources, impact may be limited. Better monitoring and funding are essential to ensure workers get their rightful pay and protections. www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat...

Interesting - "the rhetoric that that regulatory system’s efforts to eliminate risk are holding back the economy isn’t helpful. This is the typical argument that drives the regulatory cycle and leads to too loose regulation after a period in which financial crises have been averted"

Trump’s return to the White House isn’t just America’s problem—it’s forcing Britain to confront its regulatory future. 🇬🇧 Do we double down on being a trusted, high-standards economy? Or do we sell out for a US trade deal built on deregulation? A 🧵.

Encouraging to see Peter Kyle recognise “keeping people safe is the first duty of government” as he sets out a strategic steer for Ofcom. Need to see this acknowledged more consistently.

Interesting to see leading lawyer argue govt should present clear and consistent message on regulation's role and benefits after PM falls back on tired red tape tropes at last month's Investment Summit. Effective competition and consumer policy enforcement is a driver of growth not a barrier to it.

"Reeves’ deregulation drive will only succeed in unlocking the kind of short-term, extractive investment that has undermined the UK’s growth and productivity for many years now" writes @graceblakeley.bsky.social in response to last week's Mansion House speech

Why do I feel like I’ve seen this movie before?

On @lbc.co.uk earlier today questioning the Chancellor's view that measures brought in response to 2008 had "gone too far". We've learned important lessons - let's not forget them in a dash for growth.

Rachel Reeves thinks the post-financial crisis reforms went too far, and wants to roll some of them back. When enough time has passed for governments to have forgotten why discouraging risk taking was important, that is -- IMO -- precisely when we really want to discourage risk taking.

Strange to hear a Labour Chancellor echoing bankers' talking points about "dynamic" markets. They used the same pitch before 2008 and we know how that ended. The City's memory might be conveniently short, but families who lost everything haven't forgotten. 🏦💭 news.sky.com/story/chance...

I expect deregulation to unleash unprecedented growth* *in workplace accidents and foodborne illness