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Cameron 'boasts' of cuts to safety regulations

28 January 2014

Prime Minister, David Cameron announced yesterday, 28 January 2014, that 80,000 pages of environmental protections and building guidelines have been torn up in order to cut costs and to invest in construction.

Shadow Pensions Minister calls Coalition pension charge cap weak

24 January 2014

Labour’s Shadow Pensions Minister has criticised the new cap on charges made by pensions providers that is being proposed by the Coalition ostensibly to save workers money on their occupational pensions.

Proposals for further legal fee rises "not fit for purpose", says independent committee

24 January 2014

The Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC), set up by government to independently assess the cost of regulation to various stakeholders, has described proposals to increase legal fees for civil cases as "not fit for purpose".

'Gagging' clauses prevent whistleblowers reporting dangers to patient care and child safety, Committee finds

24 January 2014

Concerns have been voiced by Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, over gagging clauses in the public sector preventing whistleblowers from speaking out about mistakes that could put the public in danger.

MPS vote overwhelmingly to release Shrewsbury 24 documents

24 January 2014

A vote in the House of Commons led to 120 MPs balloting to see the public release of documents relating to the imprisonment of trade unionists under conspiracy charges in the 1970s. Just three politicians voted to keep the information hidden.

Tory demands further work restrictions on European immigrants

24 January 2014

Nigel Mills, a Tory MP who pressured the government into announcing restrictions on benefits claimed by EU migrants last year, has appealed for the Immigration Bill to be made even tougher.

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