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Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 16 October 2025UIN 79168

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the UK listing regime on the number of listings.

Answered by Lucy Rigby

The Government has delivered an ambitious programme of reforms to make it easier for all firms, including fintechs, to list and raise capital on UK markets. This includes overhauling the Prospectus regime and Listing Rules, providing more flexibility to firms and founders raising capital on UK markets.

At Mansion House 2025, the Government published its Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, setting out our ten-year plan for the UK to be the world’s centre of choice for financial services investment now and in 2035, with capital markets and fintech as core pillars of the strategy.

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