It is time to move away from crude deregulation, and towards a more balanced, sophisticated debate around the value of sensible regulations.
The Women’s Institute and Unchecked UK, alongside many others, continue to raise the alarm about the threat that the REUL Bill represents to key social and environmental protections.
Could 2022 be remembered as a turning point when it comes to deregulation?
Unchecked UK is encouraging MPs and Peers to sign our pledge, committing to championing Britain’s high standards and common sense rules.
Today, 40 organisations across the UK have published a letter, calling on Conservative leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to commit to high standards and commonsense protections, and to ensure that UK regulators have the capacity to enforce the rules.
40 organisations across the UK call on Conservative leadership candidates to uphold and strengthen our common-sense protections
The news that the Welsh Government’s legal challenge to the Internal Market Act was refused by the High Court last month may have passed under the radar of many. The development was not widely covered in the mainstream media, and was greeted with fairly little online discussion by the general commentariat.
While the regular reassurances of the government’s commitment to maintaining public protections are welcome, the raft of deregulatory announcements from inside and around Number Ten in recent months point to a deeper agenda at play.
We are seeking a dynamic and ambitious leader to run Unchecked UK for one year on a maternity cover basis.
Even within areas of devolved competence, there remain opportunities for the Welsh government to further accelerate the high standards agenda.