...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...
...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),...
...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)....
...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...
...and carefully implemented, it can promote growth and investment." This is precisely why the Regulatory Policy Committee exists. The RPC provides independent, evidence-based scrutiny of the government's impact assessments -...
We have today published the RPC’s Corporate Report for 2024-2025. The report reflects on a very busy year with many changes for the RPC, including the completion of the transition...
...Post Implementation Reviews. There will be a period of transition until September 2024, as Departments transfer to the new Framework. The RPC looks forward to working with colleagues across government...