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UK Chancellor John Healey announces plans to cut business red tape

John Healey UK Budget regulatory reform small businesses import tariffs

UK Chancellor John Healey has unveiled a series of measures aimed at reducing regulatory bureaucracy for businesses ahead of his first Budget. The government intends to reduce regulatory administration by 25% by the end of the current Parliament, a move designed to provide companies with more breathing space to invest and grow.

Key cost-saving measures include streamlining corporate reporting to save £290 million, reducing duplicative reporting for asset managers by £105 million, and simplifying the property transaction process to save £116 million. Additionally, the government will extend import tariff suspensions on over 250 products—including chemicals, plastics, automotive, and food sectors—for another year, potentially saving businesses up to £155 million.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor Healey are scheduled to meet with small business representatives, including the Federation of Small Businesses, to discuss these initiatives. While the Chancellor aims to ease cost pressures for both companies and households, he faces various pressures, including calls from political opponents to meet specific defence spending targets and warnings from industry experts regarding potential tax changes for landlords and the financial sector.

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Andy Burnham · Bank of England · Federation of Small Businesses · HM Treasury · IPPR · Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland · John Healey · National Residential Landlords Association · UK · United Kingdom · United Kingdom Government

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Tories Urge UK Defence Secretary John Healey to Hit Spending Targets [internewscast.com]
Autumn Budget: Industry experts warn Chancellor against landlord tax hikes [www.property118.com]
Budget predictions ahead of next week [scottishbusinessnews.net]
What could be in the Autumn Budget 2026? Salford experts share their predictions [www.smetoday.co.uk]
ICAS urges chancellor to prioritise tax certainty ahead of UK budget [www.theaccountant-online.com]
Get started with tax reform to pay for priorities on cost of living and economic growth, IPPR urges Chancellor | IPPR [www.ippr.org]
Blog: The Budget: What matters most for brokers and borrowers [www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk]
What Labour should actually do to help entrepreneurs | The Spectator Australia [www.spectator.com.au]
Will John Healey’s budget be a disaster? [www.taxresearch.org.uk]
Key urges joined-up approach to retirement funding ahead of Budget [theintermediary.co.uk]
Ditching a damaging capital gains tax rise doesn't make Healey a pro-growth Chancellor [www.cityam.com]
Tories urge Healey to hit defence spending targets [www.dailymail.com]
Martin Lewis delivers his Budget predictions after meeting chancellor [www.independent.co.uk]
Healey plans to slash ‘pointless paperwork’ in bid to save businesses £800m [www.standard.co.uk]