Overview
- Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out reinstating the cap on bankers' bonuses, stating that Labour has no intention of bringing it back.
- Labour has pledged to cut down 10,000 pages of regulations in the financial sector and ruled out a windfall tax on bank profits.
- Despite lobbying from the private equity industry, Reeves plans to close a £500m tax loophole benefiting Britain’s private equity executives.
- Labour aims to harness the strengths of the financial sector, which it claims the Conservative party has taken for granted.
- Labour plans to establish a 'Regulatory Innovation Office' to help regulators share data and monitor the watchdog's work.