EU law threatens to ban e-cigarettes
New EU regulations concerning the European tobacco products directive are being discussed and could result in the limited availability, or outright ban, of electronic cigarettes.
Regulate Google: Brits demand greater privacy online
New research shows 66% of Britons want stronger action taken against Google to better regulate online privacy.
We eat horses, do we? Labour blames Tesco horse burger on coalition
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.
Comment: Cameron’s war rhetoric masks a cynical power grab
The prime minister is using the rhetoric of war to justify rolling back a fundamental part of Britain’s constitution.
Tories blitz red tape despite Cable’s scepticism
Fresh Conservative ministers are embarking on a frenzy of cutting red tape, to the apparent bemusement of business secretary Vince Cable.
Conspiracy: ‘US bank regulators are anti-British’
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.
Comment: Regulating cosmetic surgery will stop the butchers
New laws must protect the public from rogue cosmetic surgeons and their dangerous procedures for breast implants, nose jobs, liposuction.
Coalition ‘rushing’ banking regulation reforms
Reforms of the way Britain’s financial services are regulated are unnecessarily complicated and being rushed through parliament, MPs have warned.
Media watchdog shakeup put back to autumn
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.
Cameron’s new year’s resolution: Kill the health and safety ‘monster’
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”.
