Better regulation. Our own government has adopted this grand European idea to regulate smarter rather than harder.
The bottom line is supposed to be this: less new regulation, removal of superfluous legislation from the statute book, and simplification of the stuff that we really need to keep. And who are the winners? Supposedly business and the government themselves. Now, I can’t speak for government in considering whether this better regulation agenda has saved them a few quid, but I can see what has happened in business, particularly those involved in pensions. This week, two major U-turns have taken place -, one to remove tax relief from pension term assurance and the other to add extra tax charge...
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