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UK government promises to save businesses £800 million in paperwork and tariffs
The package includes simpler compliance guidance, extended tariff suspensions and reduced reporting burdens for asset managers and home transactions.
- Chancellor John Healey announced plans on Friday to cut red tape, saving businesses £800 million annually ahead of his Autumn Budget on Wednesday, October 28, aimed at giving companies 'breathing space' to invest and create jobs.
- Official figures show UK public debt has reached £3 trillion and borrowing rose to £24.5 billion last month, while inflation unexpectedly climbed to 3.5% in September, creating tight fiscal constraints ahead of the Budget.
- Simplification measures include cutting £290 million in compliance costs and extending £155 million in tariff suspensions; officials are reportedly considering raising the business rates threshold from £12,000 to £18,000 to help smaller firms.
- Andrew Murphy, boss of toy retailer The Entertainer, called the move 'extraordinarily welcome if it turns into decisive action,' while CBI Chief Executive Rain Newton-Smith stressed the importance of delivering actual reform to improve competitiveness.
- Next week's Budget may define financial authority for Cumbria's first elected mayor in 2027, as ministers intend to transfer 'money and power out of Westminster and into every postcode around Britain' to shape regional development.
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