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Axing City regulation will deter investment and damage Britain

Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake warns Liz Truss that government plans to overhaul the City’s post-Brexit rule book risk a 'compromised regulatory regime'

While plans to cut red tape may sound laudable, investors could be put off by a return to boom and bust
While plans to cut red tape may sound laudable, investors could be put off by a return to boom and bust Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Getty Images

Kevin Hollinrake is the Conservative MP for Thirsk and Malton, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fairer Business Banking, and author of Fair Business Banking for All

Liz Truss enters office this week facing an unenviable array of major challenges. The nature of these problems are well established, with inflation driven by energy prices the lethal tip of a looming iceberg of other structural issues. We are yet to hear the finer detail about what the solutions might be — an immediate plan to help with energy prices is promised within a week.

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