Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the progress of the Listings Taskforce in reducing the barriers identified by businesses considering a UK listing.

At Mansion House 2025, the government published its Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy. This document sets out the government’s 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 as a core pillar of the strategy.

As part of this strategy, the government established a Listings Taskforce to support businesses to list and grow in the UK. HM Treasury continues to work in partnership with the Office for Investment, and industry, to ensure the UK attracts the best and brightest businesses from around the world, and right here in the UK, to list on UK markets.

Since 2025, more than £25.8bn of equity capital has been raised in London through follow-on issuances and IPOs.