Rachel Reeves set to launch ‘blitz on business bureaucracy’ to save firms £6bn

Chancellor to tell business leaders at government’s first regional investment summit she plans to ‘cut pointless admin’

The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is poised to launch a renewed “blitz on business bureaucracy” ahead of next month’s budget to target savings for companies worth £6bn.

With Labour under pressure to reboot the economy, Reeves is expected to tell business leaders in Birmingham for the government’s first regional investment summit that she plans to “cut pointless admin”.