The burden of regulation revisited
Did Sajid Javid know about George Osborne’s plan to introduce the National Living Wage when he set his £10 billion red tape target?
Category: Deregulation
The burden of regulation
Picture the scene. It is 4.51pm on New Year’s Eve 2014. Families up and down the country are preparing to welcome in 2015 with good cheer. All of a sudden, they receive a tweet from the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise with the announcement: “Today we can confirm we’re the first Government in…
To dream the impossible dream
[Warning: this blog contains simple arithmetic. Politicians and senior civil servants should approach with caution.]
So much for David Cameron’s promise to cut red tape
One of David Cameron’s best pledges as Prime Minister was to lead “the first government in modern history to leave office having reduced the overall burden of regulation.” He rightly argued that unnecessary regulation was a barrier to the growth and prosperity that the country badly needed. He demanded a much less bureaucratic government that…