...to a lack of commitment to meeting the target has been associated with a significant increase in regulatory costs and exemptions for important policy areas (see our previous blog post)....
...for suppliers to compete limits the information and/or choices available to consumers affects suppliers’ ability or incentive to introduce new technologies, products or business models Examples of these are available...
...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...
...may be required the value of the RPC for the UK’s international reputation, for inward investment and for international trade – how the RPC’s role is central to the high...
...to the People’ make similar recommendations to introduce a ‘one-in, two-out’ regulatory duty on all government departments - that is for each regulation that a department wants to introduce that...
...HMT and NAO respectively), which tended to prevent deep consideration of how best to meet policy challenges. Even within the RPC domain, some baked in separations are gradually being relaxed:...
The Business Impact Target (BIT) was introduced in 2015 in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act as a way to reduce the cumulative costs of regulation on business. As...
...plans to get growth moving in every community." But the economic returns to education unfold slowly, vary enormously and can be harder to pin down than for bricks-and-mortar investments. This...
...related to Grenfell are not subject to independent scrutiny and the associated business costs are not included in the BIT. While we understand that the government may not want to...
...of life for 10 people? These and other difficult questions are ones that governments needs to address when considering public policy questions about healthcare expenditure, transport investments, how to regulate...