The UK Labour Party, with Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and leader Sir Keir Starmer, has launched a comprehensive review of financial services, promising to harness the sector to drive growth and champion Britain as a global leader in the industry. At the Labour Business Conference, which saw a substantial turnout with business leaders paying £1,000 each to attend, Reeves pledged to cap corporation tax at 25% for the next parliament if Labour wins the election. The party's new pro-business stance emphasizes regulatory certainty and consistency, aiming to create good jobs and spur investment across the country.
Northern Ireland party leaders and officials will meet on Friday to discuss the key issues for an incoming Stormont executive, ahead of the assembly sitting on Saturday. https://t.co/sSBDJrCTTn
Stormont: Party leaders to meet ahead of assembly sitting https://t.co/mTC6MIfrZs
They’ll be back in the Assembly chamber on Saturday - and they’re in studio tonight. @MarkCarruthers7 is joined by reps from the five main Stormont parties shortly. #BBCTheView | Live at 10.40pm 🔴BBC One NI & @BBCiPlayer https://t.co/m8KXxbPoAX
Last night I met with residents and business leaders in #Nottingham, where I spoke about the opportunities of our new Combined Authority. For the city, there's a huge opportunity to regenerate, to bring in major #investment, and to reboot the local #economy by delivering major… https://t.co/YnJnwrIcSx
#𝗕𝗕𝗖𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 : 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 We'll be on air on Saturday as Stormont returns and a new Executive is formed. Join @MarkCarruthers7 and guests - live on BBC One NI & @BBCiPlayer from 1.15pm. https://t.co/wOP2vgkq9h
Rachel Reeves says Labour will govern as ‘pro-business party’ And a lot of business leaders at Labour’s conference today seemed to like was #Labour was selling… Here’s our report: 🎬@journobeth 🎥@Worldwidewebb1 https://t.co/499p0CdiH1
The DUP has given the green light for the recall of the Stormont Assembly, with powersharing due to be restored in Northern Ireland on Saturday https://t.co/8UTmwOOdSm
Coming up tonight on @BBCTheView Does the DUP deal cut the mustard? And what happens next? @MarkCarruthers7 with Sinn Féin's @johnfinucane DUP's @paulgivan Alliance's @AndrewMuirNI UUP @BeattieDoug SDLP @MatthewOToole2 Plus @SuzyJourno @BenLowry2 @dmcbfs ⏰10.40pm BBC One NI https://t.co/bGu4IuwkZE
It was good to attend the Labour Business Conference today and to speak with business leaders. Labour is now the party of business. https://t.co/mDOBQ3ZpS0
Wonderful to welcome High Commissioner Ng Teck Hean @SHCLon to Parliament this afternoon. We discussed green tech, Labour's commitment to the Indo-Pacific, and the vast potential of our strategic partnership. I look forward to the next era of UK-Singapore relations 🤝 https://t.co/l3bXpVTOkX
Today business leaders from across Britain came together to hear our plans as we build the foundations for a partnership in government. A partnership of growth, to drive our country forward. Labour has changed. We are the party of business. https://t.co/W1VTLQ8Vui
NEW: Secretary of State @chhcalling has welcomed the request made by @J_Donaldson_MP to work with the other parties to recall the Northern Ireland Assembly. Read the full statement here 👇 https://t.co/NshbTIr39R https://t.co/ZGQVrF5Tda
A Labour Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will focus relentlessly on where we can make a difference to the UK’s growth. Where we can accelerate the net zero transition. Where we can enhance the UK’s economic security. Great to speak at Labour's Business Conference. https://t.co/bwAlHqPOPK
🚨 NEW: Northern Ireland Assembly will sit at 1pm on Saturday to elect a Speaker and new devolved government
Labour has launched its "Plan for Financial Services", which is focussed on supporting growth. The report sets out broad themes but also contains the result of detailed engagement with the industry around specific issues, from allowing payment delays to help tackle fraud to… https://t.co/GwqjEdNeKW
Great to hear Keir’s vision for a decade of national renewal, bringing stability and long term planning back to the British economy. https://t.co/u9bP6OmAoR
So pleased that @J_Donaldson_MP has now written to the speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly so an executive can be formed. This is excellent news that will unlock public sector pay & start dealing with the day to day challenges in the health service and beyond. https://t.co/raOXa8Ba9V
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says the Northern Ireland assembly is expected to meet on Saturday to elect a new speaker. “We are now able to re-establish the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Northern Ireland Executive.”
Stormont: Assembly to sit on Saturday as DUP boycott ends https://t.co/lEd5beZk9P
UK's Labour will cap corporation tax at 25% if it wins election https://t.co/XB58ztZE0W https://t.co/fjrCDux988
I want a “change in mind set” in the first 100 days of a Labour Government, Sir Keir Starmer tells business leaders. https://t.co/hmcmhuY2ew
Labour Leader @Keir_Starmer told our Chief Exec @mooremichaelk that stability and certainty are vital for bringing investment to the UK https://t.co/ELzqyoBIPp
Labour's New Deal for Working People will make work pay and improve working conditions for everyone. But we need @Keir_Starmer in No10 to make it a reality. I'm joining @labourunionsuk campaign weekend in Bangor and Ynys Môn to make that happen. Join: https://t.co/1wDgQ2aigH
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his party will "make work pay" by scrapping zero hours contracts, banning fire and rehire, and a "genuine living wage"; He adds that the labour market is "at the heart of our challenges on productivity". 🔗 https://t.co/ZZbCZg5twP 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/pbJ9lKMnej
Keir Starmer’s message to a business audience at the Oval where 400 people paid at least £1,000 a head for tickets: “Your fingerprints are on every one of our national missions”
Great to hear @Keir_Starmer promising certainty and predictability, which is vital to attract private capital to the uk https://t.co/DB3iYHYoRx
It was a pleasure to chair roundtables at Labour’s Business Conference with leaders from business and the financial services industry. Important discussions about driving investment in the UK and ensuring we have the skills and infrastructure for the green jobs of the future. https://t.co/wIqLHRyKHW
We need a decade of national renewal. We need to go beyond sticking plaster politics to a long term cure for the future Britain needs. Important message from @Keir_Starmer today at a packed business conference as Labour launches our five point plan for Government. https://t.co/HULDI82sbq
🚨 NEW: Co-operative and mutual finance will drive the essential investment our communities have been calling for. @UKLabour's new report Financing Growth commits the future Labour & Co-operative government to DOUBLING the size of the sector. https://t.co/rkviVh1rq2
Keir Starmer treating this event as a mark of the transformation the party has undergone in recent years - jokingly asking business leaders if they would have turned up to a similar event had they been invited in 2019
Labour leader @Keir_Starmer talking about @UKLabour changed relationship with business at Labour Business Conference today in London. “Everything we do is driven by our need to give our businesses and communities the opportunity to succeed” https://t.co/ZGPcHYmNDp
Keir Starmer asks an audience of business leaders if they would have come to a Labour business conference in 2019. “No,” shouts an audience member. Starmer jokes there is no audience participation - and tells people to “put your glitter away” https://t.co/RT8e8UVR86
Starmer at Lab biz conf opens speech asking audience: ‘If you were invited to a Labour biz conference in 2019, would you go? Starmer and audience laugh. “Doesn’t that thought show the scale of the journey we have been off to change the Lab’a party relationship with business” https://t.co/rfPJ0j7jMR
Our mission is to rebuild from the foundations, delivering growth across every part of Britain. Success rests on us working together to ensure business and working people thrive. I opened Labour’s Business Conference today.👇🏻 https://t.co/wy0HvDZOiX
Whether it’s our plan to regenerate communities, maximise our newfound freedoms, or open up more opportunities, our plan for Britain is working. We’re on the right course. Labour would take us back. https://t.co/ng6F4ygFjR
Great to host a roundtable at Labour's Business Conference this morning with our country's leading energy businesses. Businesses in this country are leading the world in delivering net zero. 🇬🇧 A Labour government will partner with industry to drive clean power.
Labour promise not to raise corporation tax if elected https://t.co/5b10TFdbKa
Labour has changed. We are now the pro-worker, pro-business party. https://t.co/5kADLJaaZl
Labour promises not to raise UK corporation tax https://t.co/dHscQFzfbj
"Know that in Labour, you will have a govt that respects business and a govt that will never put Britain's economic stability at risk." Shadow Chancellor @RachelReevesMP adds "let's change Britain together". https://t.co/7TukLxKpyk 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YT https://t.co/x23BwL3MV1
Fantastic @UKLabour business breakfast with business and infrastructure leaders from across the country. The message we heard was loud and clear - let’s get Britain building. https://t.co/FWuMEG0pGd
BREAKING: Labour will cap corporation tax at 25% for the entirety of the next parliament, Shadow Chancellor @RachelReevesMP announces, saying it 'strikes the right balance'. https://t.co/qfeOHIHeIa 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/UKV4jZQoNR
Good to see the Business Conference in full swing in the heart of #Vauxhall We are proud to be home to a diverse range of businesses including new start ups, SMEs, and multi national companies. @AngelaRayner 💪🏾💪🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 https://t.co/Y67KLAI0fw
Labour will be "pro-business and pro-worker, in the knowledge that each depends on the success of the other" says Shadow Chancellor @RachelReevesMP. https://t.co/qfeOHIHeIa 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/HxbQ16vWmQ
Labour makes surprise 25% corporation tax pledge in new City charm offensive https://t.co/1xczAD6oot
Good to hear @RachelReevesMP acknowledging that unlocking housing and infrastructure are key to attracting investment to the UK - our interim #investmentcommission report makes clear how important this is
“I want Britain to be the place that investors come. That’s why I’ve placed so much emphasis on stability” Great to hear @RachelReevesMP emphasising the relationship between Labour and business at #labourbusinessconference and echoing many of the calls in our new… https://t.co/6v9wkrBHKc
Labour’s business conference is packed, positive and facing the future. @RachelReevesMP has already set out plans to return stability to economic policy making. https://t.co/i41JMevDBE
BREAK: Labour will cap headline rate of Corp tax at 25% for whole of next parliament if win GE. Last Lab manifesto advocated for a 26% rate https://t.co/uvHIN3b0pq
New: At the @uklabour busuness conference @RachelReevesMP pledges no increase in Corporation Tax under a Labour govt
NEW Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells a packed business conference: “Profit is not something to be disdained but a mark of Britain succeeding.” https://t.co/ptgCld0WEg
Here to hear @UKLabour Shadow Chancellor @RachelReevesMP address business leaders at a sellout conference at the Oval. Labour is ready to back business and business is ready for Labour. https://t.co/jF46uj5sDY
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves arrives at the #Labour business conference where 400 biz leaders have paid £1000 to be here - they think they know which way the wind is blowing https://t.co/pjrXvpo0L9
Starmer to vow focus on growth in Labour pitch to UK executives https://t.co/5PFaYsU3lp via @Joe_Mayes https://t.co/mPt4vYRvkL
Get your TV on. @RachelReevesMP about to make an policy announcement re biz at Labour’s annual biz conference. Watch @skynews. @AngelaRayner introducing Reeves now https://t.co/7YvfLdkCl8
Crikey. There are *A LOT* of business folk here for this Labour Conference today…each stumping up reportedly £1,000-a-head to be here… https://t.co/2f1fsZ6cCp
Watch @RachelReevesMP's speech at Labour’s Business Conference 👇 https://t.co/w8fjB9VcPE
Labour has a plan for business that will deliver growth and prosperity in every corner of Britain. https://t.co/UPxI0r8eif
This morning I launched my financial services review at the Labour Business Conference. My speech set out how @RachelReevesMP and I will work hand-in-hand with the financial services sector to smash the obstacles to growth. Read the full report here 👇 https://t.co/vGtudIdEl3 https://t.co/nbmaPMHHb3
👉 Business leaders are backing Labour because we have the economic plans to rebuild Britain. The Tories crashed the economy. They’ve given us years of political chaos. Labour will provide what we know businesses need: certainty, stability, and a real plan for the future. https://t.co/ylFNiySt57
Labour has a plan for business that will bring growth and prosperity to every corner of Britain. As Prime Minister, I will roll up my sleeves to deliver it. https://t.co/lIxExkhUnc
In a critical pitch to win the support of businesses, the Labour leader will praise more than 400 bosses as he launches his party’s plan to reverse wage stagnation and boost growth ⬇️ https://t.co/U3d2HhZkYG
UK opposition Labour party pledge productivity fix in latest pitch to business https://t.co/DL3qtYP2Xf https://t.co/TZHI1Oyekn
UK opposition leader Keir Starmer will pledge to boost productivity growth in a speech to top executives, making a fresh pitch for business support https://t.co/L2kvO2EVHa
Starmer promises to 'fix unprecedented stagnation' - as Labour targets business voters https://t.co/vk6itH96yv
To grow our economy and raise living standards, we need a vibrant financial services sector. That's what I'll deliver as Chancellor. https://t.co/LZ3NX4XelQ
I'm determined to make Aylesbury an even better place to live, work, visit and invest. This evening, I had a meeting with @luhc Secretary of State @michaelgove to highlight the many opportunities for our town, and the ways the Government can help with our plans for regeneration. https://t.co/AyweX50XNx
Economic Secretary to the Treasury @BimAfolami says there should be a 'balance' when it comes to migration. 'We should be bringing migration down in the context of growing the economy'. #PoliticsHub https://t.co/GlTNastFii 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/ULyAOO3OL9
Sky's deputy political editor @SamCoatesSky says that the power-sharing NI deal might be closing a chapter of Brexit, but insists that does not mean the end of Brexit entirely. #PoliticsHub 🔗 https://t.co/GlTNastFii 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/6XJdaYOKtg
.@BimAfolami, economic secretary to the treasury hopes Northern Ireland will be an "integral member of the United Kingdom". #PoliticsHub https://t.co/GlTNastFii 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/XrZRZh4Ifs
Sky's chief political correspondent @joncraig gives his analysis after the DUP and government hold a news conference on the Stormont deal. More: https://t.co/noZfDpYSAd 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/bIERsBT8SO
"Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom offers the best future for them and their children," Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris MP says as the DUP and government hold a news conference on the Stormont deal. https://t.co/noZfDpYSAd 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/kfyqqSjyMP
“There is lots to like in Labour’s financial growth plan that was published today. “If we are serious about fostering vibrant UK capital markets we must look urgently at ways to increase investment by institutional and individual investors into our blue chips of tomorrow. https://t.co/xn1xOyRxAq
📽️ Today in Parliament the Secretary of State @chhcalling set out a package of key measures which will allow Northern Ireland to achieve its massive potential. Read the full statement here: https://t.co/k5gFNkTxjj https://t.co/1auzF4sT5X
I'm delighted to say I’ve published our review on financial services today. @RachelReevesMP and I have set out our vision to harness the sector to drive growth across the UK Labour will champion financial services as one of the UK's greatest assets. https://t.co/vGtudIecaB
Secretary of State @chhcalling has said the Command Paper 'Safeguarding the Union' will support Northern Ireland to become a more united and prosperous country. https://t.co/4fAAtPE1Xt
EU law will not longer apply automatically in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is outlining the details of legislation to restore power-sharing. https://t.co/jfASHvo2dv 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/V7WnYcSVwW
Sunak reveals business council to boost growth credentials https://t.co/oIXPqRcq1U via @Hariboconomics @kitty_donaldson https://t.co/pHIwYoaApA
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launches a new business council as the UK government promises to boost the economy ahead of a general election later this year https://t.co/eEeOV39nJB
UK PM Sunak launches new business council https://t.co/KET3AkKYcG https://t.co/vR9t3b30Wl
We need political certainty to drive up investment in the UK. In their Financial Services review, published this morning, Labour's focus on regulatory certainty and consistency is spot on. When we asked our members 70% of them told us that businesses they invested in had…
First Minister Designate Michelle O’Neill @moneillsf confirms there is “understanding” that the Stormont Assembly will meet to appoint First + Deputy First Ministers + other Executive members on Saturday @rtenews https://t.co/DT2RSrNrpj
Rishi Sunak launches new business council to win back corporate confidence https://t.co/45k6bIXuLe
I’m pleased to be talking about the launch of my review of financial services for Labour this morning on @SkyNews, @TimesRadio and @LBC. Financial services are responsible for 12% of GDP, so we must harness their power to drive growth and create good jobs across the country. https://t.co/k8XuSif7bG
With @RachelReevesMP as Chancellor, Labour will work in partnership with businesses to kick down the barriers to growth, spur on investment and showcase Britain’s standing as a world leader in financial services. https://t.co/4oungtVClX