Archive: Regulation

Councils 'turning to PIs' to dodge surveillance laws

Private investigators operating outside surveillance laws are enjoying a boom period of employment by councils, according to a civil liberties group.

Revealed: How much local councils spend on CCTV

Councils urged to review surveillance techniques

Google escapes fines over Street View

EU law threatens to ban e-cigarettes

E-cigarettes could end up banned if the new regulations are approved.

New EU regulations being discussed could result in the limited availability, or outright ban, of electronic cigarettes.

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Regulate Google: Brits demand greater privacy online

Google has been criticised for a privacy policy which combines data from YouTube, Gmail and Google+ among others.

New research shows 66% of Britons want stronger action taken against Google to better regulate online privacy.

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We eat horses, do we? Labour blames Tesco horse burger on coalition

Gaze of shame: Have Brits been eating horse meat all along?

Labour has pinned the blame for the discovery of traces of horse DNA in Tesco's beef burgers on the coalition's drive to reduce regulation.

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Comment: Cameron's war rhetoric masks a cynical power grab

Alex Stevenson: Judicial review changes will only help slipshod civil servants

The prime minister is using the rhetoric of war to justify rolling back a fundamental part of Britain's constitution.

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Tories blitz red tape despite Cable's scepticism

An obvious photo choice for this story, really

Fresh Conservative ministers are embarking on a frenzy of cutting red tape, to the apparent bemusement of business secretary Vince Cable.

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Conspiracy: 'US bank regulators are anti-British'

Mann accuses US of undermining London's banking reputation

Senior MPs accused New York regulators of an "anti-British bias" today, amid US allegations that Standard Chartered schemed with Iranian clients to avoid sanctions.

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Comment: Regulating cosmetic surgery will stop the butchers

Anne Clwyd: 'An independent review found that 70% of clinics in the private cosmetic sector are effectively unregulated'

New laws must protect the public from rogue cosmetic surgeons and their dangerous procedures.

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Coalition 'rushing' banking regulation reforms

Take more time to reform the Bank of England, MPs tell the coalition

Reforms of the way Britain's financial services are regulated are unnecessarily complicated and being rushed through parliament, MPs have warned.

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Media watchdog shakeup put back to autumn

Internet piracy and other media regulation issues are to be addressed in the forthcoming communications green paper

Government proposals to shake up the regulation of the internet and other media will be delayed until the autumn because of the controversy engulfing Jeremy Hunt, according to reports.

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Cameron's new year's resolution: Kill the health and safety 'monster'

David Cameron: 'This coalition has a clear new year's resolution'

David Cameron offered a new year's resolution of a somewhat more policy-orientated sort today when he promised business leaders he would kill the "health and safety monster".

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OFT: Regulator must deal with surcharges, too

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) sums up its recommendations to the government in its report from June 2011 on surcharges:

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Clegg vows to take on red tape

Forms, forms, more forms - Clegg wants to help businesses

The coalition could restrict regulators to just two business inspections a year, Nick Clegg has suggested.

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Ex-Ofwat boss wants water regulation watered down

Water deregulation could provide £2.5bn boost

Businesses and public sector organisations would benefit from a deregulated water services market in England and Wales, a former Ofwat director has claimed.

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Huhne slams coalition's deregulation agenda

Conservation regulations defended by energy secretary Chris Huhne

Chris Huhne's attack on Conservative "deregulation zealots" has opened up a new area of tension within the coalition.

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Peers demand Big Four probe

Big Four auditors were guilty of a `dereliction of duty`

The Office of Fair Trading should investigate the Big Four auditing firms, a committee of peers has concluded.

Ofcom 'failing to tackle silent calling'

Ofcom will fine companies up to £2 million for silent calling

Ofcom should do more to combat silent calling, according to an influential parliamentary committee.

Google escapes fines over Street View

Google will face an audit over its collection of private data

Google has come under scrutiny after being found in breach of data protection laws over its controversial Street View function - but has avoided heavy penalties.

Thatcher minister handed SME review

PM wants to reduce burdens on small businesses

David Cameron has tasked a former Thatcher minister with reassessing the government's relationship with small and medium-sized businesses, acknowledging "there is so much more we need to do".

Coalition caps regulatory burden

One-in, one-out rule to be introduced in September

Businesses and the third sector will not face additional regulatory burdens from September 1st under the coalition government's 'one-in, one-out' rule.

End in sight for Equitable Life policyholders

Ten years later, compensation is finally coming for Equitable Life policyholders

Policyholders who lost money as a result of the near-collapse of Equitable Life ten years ago will receive compensation next year, the Treasury has confirmed.

Thatcher minister tasked with health and safety review

David Cameron has ordered a sweeping review of Britain's health and safety culture as he demands a more "sensible" approach to the issue.

Mandelson wants higher takeover threshold

Cadbury has shed jobs after being taken over by US firm Kraft

Peter Mandelson says the government backs a recommendation to increase the takeover threshold for shareholder ballots to two-thirds.

Lib Dems plot to break up the banks

The Liberal Democrats are the only party willing to adopt Barack Obama's stance towards the banking sector in the UK, Vince Cable will say today.

Tories lay claim to Obama policy

Tories say Obama's new policy mirrors theirs

George Osborne's claims that the Conservatives would mirror Barack Obama's new bank restrictions in government have left Labour claiming their reforms already have.

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