...backlog by November 2026. MHCLG now has 6 outstanding PIRs, unchanged from December. The November 2026 deadline is the latest of any department's commitment and delivery against it will require...
...evaluations - strengthening accountability and improving regulatory effectiveness across government. Improving the analysis of free trade agreements Free trade agreements (FTAs) are central to the UK’s post-Brexit trading arrangements. Yet...
...Housing, Communities and Local Government [2025] EWHC 2751 (Admin), investment funds which owned freehold domestic property challenged certain provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, on the basis...
...this fiscal year (i.e. by 5 April 2026). The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) made a commitment in March 2023 to address their then backlog of 56...
...performance on addressing the backlog of PIRs and delivering on their commitments. We expect to provide the next update in early 2026. We expect all departments to renew their commitments...
...International Trade (DIT) and Tammy Holmes, Deputy Director at DIT. They were asked about the RPC’s reviews of the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Impact Assessments (FTA IAs)....
...direct vs. indirect costs and benefits; business vs. ‘household’ and other types of impact; actors and actions (primary and secondary legislation), Free Trade Agreements and regulators’ activities (casework, guidelines, rulemaking),...
...that we regulate in a way that is as effective as possible, promoting innovation and growth. The RPC strongly supports these objectives. We see our role as helping the government...
...opportunity to ensure that the UK has an approach to regulation that is as effective as possible, and promotes innovation and growth in the economy. The Better Regulation Framework is...
...not merely increase prices, it results in a less productive and innovative economy, harming growth, as reported in the OECD's report on competition and macro-economic outcomes. Sometimes, promoting competition is...