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The July 2024 election delivered a decisive Labour victory. As Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his team translate their policy platform into government action, companies with operations in the UK will need to stay up to date with the latest developments. Significant change is expected across a range of areas as the government push for growth across the economy.
Please get in touch with your usual Freshfields contact should you want to discuss any of these issues in further detail.
Navigating Change: an election supercycle event
Discover the key insights from our exclusive Navigating Change event, where Freshfields partners explored how the UK’s new Labour government will shape the workplace, tech regulation, and the geopolitical and sustainability landscape. Gain practical takeaways and valuable perspectives to help your business navigate these evolving challenges.
UK developments
UK Government goes full throttle on its growth agenda: New action plan targets financial services regulators
On 17 March 2025, the UK Government published a policy paper...
Author(s): Michael Raffan, Elisabeth Overland, Tricia Moffat, Christopher Bernard
- fca
- financial institutions
- fintech
- political change
- pra
- regulatory
- uk
- financial services
- regulatory framework
Freshfields’ geopolitical conversations at Munich Security Conference 2025
What specific impacts of geopolitical tensions are companies...
Author(s): Beth George, Maximilian Lasson, Ilka Oberländer, Malte Symann, Alex Schmidtke, Christian Altenhofen
- technology
- defense
- europe
- latest political change
- political change
- trade
- uk
The UK Government’s Strategic Steer to the CMA: Impact on UK M&A (Part 2)
Today, the UK government issued its draft strategic steer to...
Author(s): Colin Raftery, Sharon Malhi, Karen Slaney
- antitrust and competition
- political change
- regulatory
- uk
- latest political change
- regulatory framework
The UK Government’s Strategic Steer to the CMA: Resetting the priorities (Part 1)
Today, the UK government issued its draft strategic steer to...
Author(s): Colin Raftery, Sharon Malhi, Cara Carr
- antitrust and competition
- regulatory
- political change
- uk
- regulatory framework
- regulatory structuring
Author(s): Beth George, Christoph H. Seibt, Maximilian Lasson, Ilka Oberländer, Malte Symann, Christian Altenhofen
- antitrust and competition
- antitrust litigation
- corporate governance
- energy and natural resources
- europe
- foreign investment
- global
- governments and public sector
- latest political change
- manufacturing
- merger control
- mergers and acquisitions
- middle east
- political change
- regulatory
- sanctions
- supplychain
- trade
- uk
- de-risking
- governance
- investment trading and markets
- markets and clearing
- regulatory framework
Life sciences – what to watch in 2025
We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geograph...
Author(s): Adam Golden, Kristen Riemenschneider, Madeleine Tavcar
- 2024 elections
- antitrust and competition
- life sciences transactional
- m&a
- medtech
- foreign investment
- litigation
- regulatory framework
- life sciences
- political change
- us
- uk
- europe
Freshfields Fintech: Our Predictions for 2025
As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, we have crowdsourced...
Author(s): Cyrus Pocha, Claire Harrop, David Sewell, Emma Probyn, Rikki Haria, Daphne van der Houwen, Christine Simpson, Eva Schneider, Daniel Klingenbrunn, Nariné Atamian, Tristan Lockwood, Noah Schmidt
- ai
- aml
- bnpl
- cryptocurrency
- data
- financial crime
- financial services
- fintech
- payments
- political change
- us
- uk
- europe
Strategic financing in 2025: Key trends and predictions
As 2025 begins, we expect to see activity in the global fina...
Author(s): Oliver Aikens, Nina Heym, Mathias Lehner, Rosemary Lobley, Francesca Loreto, Ruth Musgrave, Anthony Ong
- political change
- uk
- us
- europe
The year ahead in financial services: 10 trends to watch in 2025
2024 was a momentous year for the financial services industr...
Author(s): Sharon Grennan, Christopher Bernard
- regulatory framework
- financial services
- political change
- us
- uk
- europe
“Regulating for growth” – the UK’s vision for financial services in 2025 and beyond
The new Labour government has placed financial services at t...
Author(s): Michael Raffan, Emily Smith, Christopher Bernard, Ellis Brady
- regulatory
- uk
- political change
- financial services
- regulatory framework
The UK’s new approach to international data transfers: making international transfers easier?
On 23 October 2024, the UK government introduced the Data (U...
Author(s): Rachael Annear, Joseph Mason, Adam Gillert, Rhea Dennis
- ai
- data
- data protection
- europe
- gdpr
- governments and public sector
- tech media and telecoms
- political change
- uk
Author(s): Stephen Hewes, Tamara Young, Holly Baker, Nikki Willson
- political change
- uk
Your 3-month trial: Consultation on new UK rules for consumer subscriptions
For the next three months, the UK Government will consult on...
Author(s): Daniel Wylde, Andrew Austin, Rikki Haria, Morag Elwis, Kate Collister
- consumer
- e-commerce
- investigations
- media
- platforms
- regulatory
- regulatory framework
- retail and consumer goods
- social media
- tech media and telecoms
- political change
- uk
Autumn Budget 2024: delivering difficult decisions
In the first Budget delivered by the Labour Party since 2010...
Author(s): Alison Dickie, Laura Western
- 2024 elections
- tax
- tax disputes
- uk
- political change
Autumn Budget 2024 - what are the key points from a People & Reward perspective?
Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, u...
Author(s): Dawn Heath, David Mendel, Jane Wolstenholme, Anika Prasad
- uk listed companies
- 2024 elections
- dbpensionschemes
- definedbenefitpensionschemes
- employment
- incentives
- pensions
- tax
- political change
- uk
Announcing the 2025 Edition of In-depth: Foreign Investment Regulation (formerly The Foreign Investment Regulation Review)
In our global economy, foreign investment regimes are an imp...
Author(s): Alex Potter
- foreign investment
- political change
- us
- uk
- europe
Navigating change – Labour’s growth agenda and geopolitical perspectives – key takeaways
It was great to welcome so many clients to our offices in Lo...
Author(s): Vanessa Jakovich, Rikki Haria, Andrew Dockham
- 2024 elections
- esg
- political change
- uk
- us
Navigating change – UK election and its impact on tech regulation – key takeaways
It was great to welcome so many clients to our offices in Lo...
Author(s): Giles Pratt, Rachael Annear
- ai
- political change
- uk