The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeve, is scheduled to meet with top regulators as she pursues a policy of slashing red tape. The goal is to “make Britain the best place to do business ...

Ever since William Gladstone in the 1860s, the Chancellor of the Exchequer appears outside 11 Downing Street on budget day brandishing a red briefcase containing the chancellor’s annual plans.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves plans to stress the positive role of finance firms and pledge to tackle regulatory barriers to business in her first Mansion House speech next month as ...