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Tory headbangers set their sights on ‘slashing red tape’
The government is trying to use Brexit to rejuvenate its anti-regulation approach – but just how ‘independent’ are its supposedly independent new advisory reports, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
The Grenfell fire should stand as a warning that cuts to ‘red tape’ can lead to tragedy
by Roger D Harris and John Perry
VINCE MILLS says Scottish Labour has adopted better positions than its Westminster counterpart — but unless it starts to fight for them that will count for nothing
Labour MSP CAROL MOCHAN calls for Britain to follow France’s lead and recognise the Palestinian state as part of efforts to end this war
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
THERE is a small skirmish inside the government that should be made into a bigger conflict over “slashing red tape.”
Two “independent” reports commissioned by the government — that actually come from complete Tory headbangers — are recommending the government return to a crude, regulation-slashing measure called “one-in-two-out.”
Departments will be instructed to delete two old regulations for every new one they create.
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Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
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