The planning reset, investment zones and plans to rip up environmental protections have all been put “on hold” by the new prime minister.
Rishi Sunak has comprehensively dismantled the policy agenda of his predecessor, Liz Truss, which contained radical proposals in an attempt to boost economic growth.
Sunak is understood to want to focus on education as the main tool for boosting the British economy, rather than deregulation or tax cuts.
The prime minister has also halted plans to tear up 2,400 pieces of EU legislation by the new year, as officials warned that it would require 400 full-time staff.
