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Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced an action plan to bring an end to excessive regulation, following the Prime Minister’s commitment to “re-opening Britain for Business”.
The action plan:
• Creates a new Cabinet “Star Chamber” that will lead the Government’s drive to reduce regulation which is stifling growth, especially of small businesses. This Reducing Regulation Committee will be chaired by the Business Secretary and will enforce a new approach to new laws and regulations, ensuring that their costs are being properly addressed across the entire British economy.
• Announces an immediate review of all regulation in the pipeline for implementation which has been inherited from the last Government. The cost of implementing this amounts to £5bn annually before April 2011 and £19.1bn per annum thereafter. This will be the first action for the new Cabinet committee.
• Establishes a new “challenge group” to come up with innovative approaches to achieving social and environmental goals in a non-regulatory way. This team would work with experts including Richard Thaler, the US behavioural economist.
• Introduces a new approach that will control and reduce the burden of regulation. A “one-in, one-out” approach, designed to change the culture of government, would make sure that new regulatory burdens on business are only brought in when reductions can be made to existing regulation.
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1. Written by Kenneth, on 06-06-2010 16:59 The first time I voted in a general election was in 1978. Rolling back the state and reducing regulation has been the mantra of every government since - governments that have increased regulation and state cotrol over just about every aspect of our lives. I suspect that the 'Star Chamber' and a new 'challenge group' will follow the pattern established, i.e. more government and more quanqos.
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