{"id":2946,"date":"2024-12-28T12:45:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/starmer-asks-uk-regulators-for-ideas-to-boost-growth\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T12:45:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:45:26","slug":"starmer-asks-uk-regulators-for-ideas-to-boost-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/starmer-asks-uk-regulators-for-ideas-to-boost-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer asks UK regulators for ideas to boost growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer asks UK regulators for ideas to boost growth<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"ssrcss-1b5y2ub-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ey0461q0\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-8nbne9-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg.webp 800w\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Keir Starmer, wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a dark suit, looks off camera, mid-speech \" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NaxVYx.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/999a\/live\/deb92c70-c514-11ef-a5ad-df765a11509a.jpg 800w\" width=\"820\" height=\"461.00000000000006\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"><\/picture><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"byline-block\" class=\"ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e919\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e918\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e915\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e98\">Joe Pike<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e912\">Politics investigations correspondent, BBC News<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e917\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"metadata-block\" class=\"ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-1ik71mx-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2024-12-28T12:33:07.962Z\">11 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has written to the UK&#8217;s main watchdogs, asking them to come up with ideas for reform that could boost economic growth.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He contacted the companies &#8211; including energy regulator Ofgem and water regulator Ofwat &#8211; on Christmas Eve. They were told to submit their proposals by the middle of January, as first reported by Sky News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Figures published earlier this week indicated the UK economy had flatlined between July and September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Earlier this month, Sir Keir warned MPs that it &#8220;will take some time&#8221; for people to feel their living standards improve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"topic-list\" class=\"ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-113c0cq-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0\">\n<h2 type=\"normal\" class=\"ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0\">Related topics<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1\">\n<ul role=\"list\" spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0\">\n<li>Keir Starmer<\/li>\n<li>Ofgem<\/li>\n<li>Ofwat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published at Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:33:07 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer asks UK regulators for ideas to boost growth Getty Images Joe Pike Politics investigations correspondent, BBC News 11 minutes ago Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has written to the UK&#8217;s main watchdogs, asking them to come up with ideas for reform that could boost economic growth. 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