Our purpose is to work on behalf of our members to support growth and to build a better society.

We do this through a combination of working with colleagues and members to develop clear advocacy positions, deliver an impactful programme of reports and events, and engage constructively in the public and policy debate on financial services. This allows us to advocate on behalf of our members with government, regulators, parliament, media and third-parties for policy changes to improve the sector in order to benefit wider society.

We have three key advocacy areas of focus, aligned with the government’s financial services reform agenda, which is outlined in our Plan for Growth: From Strategy to Delivery. 

It sets out the reforms needed to help our financial services sector make an even stronger contribution to the government’s growth agenda, while delivering real benefits for consumers, businesses and society. 

Create a pro-growth operating environment

  • Reducing bank capital requirements
  • Completing reform of redress arrangements
  • Removing regulatory supervisory and tax compliance burdens

Ensure our financial system is fit for the future

  • Supporting payments modernisation and innovation
  • Transforming financial and capital markets
  • Strengthening technology and telecoms firms’ fraud obligations 

Unlock financial services for people, businesses and society

  • Supercharging government-backed SME support services
  • Broadening financial inclusion for individuals and households
  • Mobilising finance to build, retrofit and unlock housing for people

Find out more about UK Finance's Plan for Growth

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Plan for Growth: From Strategy to Delivery

UK Finance’s Plan for Growth: Delivering the government’s growth agenda requires a financial system with the capacity, confidence and infrastructure to play its full role.
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UK Finance publishes nine-point plan to support UK economic growth

UK Finance has published Plan for Growth: A new report outlining a practical roadmap for how the financial services sector can help deliver the government’s economic growth ambitions.
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UK Finance’s Plan for Growth: Read the report

Financial services are integral to the domestic economy, and the UK is the largest net exporter of financial services globally.