{"id":33404,"date":"2026-05-11T07:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/33404\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T07:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:30:24","slug":"uk-finance-publishes-nine-point-economic-growth-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/33404\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Finance publishes nine-point economic growth plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UK Finance has published Plan for Growth: From Strategy to Delivery, a new report outlining a practical roadmap for how the financial services sector can help deliver the government\u2019s economic growth ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>The Government\u2019s strategies to grow the economy \u2013 spanning industrial renewal, infrastructure, housing, SMEs, trade and financial inclusion \u2013 all depend on a strong and agile financial services sector with the capacity and confidence to support, lend and invest.<\/p>\n<p>The report is therefore a practical document which identifies nine priority Growth Enablers grounded in the government and regulators\u2019 existing financial services reform agenda. It sets out what needs to be delivered, by whom and when, and where moving faster or going further could unlock greater gains for people and businesses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukfinance.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/image_26.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"510\" data-entity-uuid=\"a7bfea5d-d4b9-4008-ba36-7185ad1e44ee\" data-entity-type=\"file\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Delivering these reforms will require clear sequencing, strong accountability, and sustained collaboration between government, regulators, and industry. This work is already producing results. Mortgage rules have been reformed, with 391,000 first time buyers helped onto the housing ladder in 2025 \u2013 an increase of almost 18 per cent in a single year.<\/p>\n<p>The nine enablers are mutually reinforcing and taken together, they could unlock investment in new homes and infrastructure, expand support for SMEs, and strengthen the capital and financial markets that underpin the UK\u2019s long\u2011term growth.<\/p>\n<p>David Postings, Chief Executive of UK Finance said \u201cThe government has outlined a clear and ambitious direction for economic growth, and banking and finance sit right at the heart of the push for growth. UK Finance and our members have helped shape a financial services reform agenda that is already showing results. The priority now is to focus on delivery, which will strengthen the sector\u2019s contribution to supporting people, businesses, and communities across the UK\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTksMiwxMA==\" href=\"https:\/\/thinktank.credit-connect.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CCTTT-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK Finance has published Plan for Growth: From Strategy to Delivery, a new report outlining a practical roadmap&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[311,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-33404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116554774823670798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}