The business case for independent scrutiny
This is the second post in our series on "Why the RPC matters" explaining the importance of our independent scrutiny.
Independent scrutiny – the foundation for growth
This is the first post in a new series on ‘Why the RPC matters’ from our Chair, Stephen Gibson, explaining the importance of our independent scrutiny.
How the Better Regulation Framework promotes competition to deliver affordable prices, innovation and growth
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John Davies, RPC committee member, Posted on:
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Better Regulation Framework, Competition
The Better Regulation Framework requires departments to assess how policies affect market competition. Regulations can inadvertently harm consumers and growth by creating barriers for new businesses and innovative competitors. Policymakers should use the CMA's checklist to identify competition impacts and explore alternatives that protect smaller firms and potential market entrants.
Carbon valuation: why it matters for regulatory policy
How government values carbon has become an increasingly important part of its value for money analysis. At the RPC, we scrutinise carbon appraisal as we would other societal impacts - looking for proportionality, transparency and consistency.
How the Regulatory Policy Committee uses artificial intelligence
The government is keen that all areas of the public sector understand the opportunities from using artificial intelligence (AI) and mitigate the potential risks. The RPC has been experimenting with using AI tools over the past few months to see how far these can help us with different aspects of our work.
Post-implementation reviews: Update on progress across government
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Stephen Gibson, RPC Chair, Posted on:
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Evaluation, Post-implementation reviews
Post-implementation reviews (PIRs) play a vital role in ensuring that regulations remain proportionate and effective. This blog provides an update on that latest position: the number of outstanding PIRs across government and the progress by the eight departments with the largest backlogs against the commitments that they made.
RPC publishes its corporate report for 2024 to 2025
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Stephen Gibson, RPC Chair, Posted on:
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Better regulation, Corporate governance
The report reflects on a very busy year with many changes for the RPC, including the completion of the transition to the revised Better Regulation Framework (BRF).
RPC examines how the quality of Government analysis has changed over time
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Stephen Gibson, RPC Chair, Posted on:
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Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny
The RPC has published updates to its summaries of the ratings it gives impact assessments.
RPC compares the quality of impact assessments submitted by government departments
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Stephen Gibson, RPC Chair, Posted on:
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Better regulation, Independent scrutiny
The RPC has published updates to its summaries of the ratings it gives impact assessments.
Update on progress against Departments' evaluation commitments
In April, our Blog on departments’ performance in undertaking regulatory evaluation noted that there was a backlog of 85 outstanding Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs), of which over 40% related to Department for Transport measures. The Blog also included commitments to …