Great Britain: Cameron administration goes to war against “needless” regulation

Once again, the British Prime Minister promised to get rid of a lot of health and safety regulations said to burden businesses.  This deregulation policy, in force since Cameron was elected in 2010, has already led to major reforms in this field.
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Less “needless” inspections and regulations. Since he came to power in 2010, the Cameron administration has been cutting through occupational health and safety regulations. Speaking, on Monday, January 27, before the Federation of Small Business, the conservative leader declared, “I have insisted on slashing needless regulation.” Thus, the Prime Minister promised to scrap or amend more than 3,000 regulations, thus helping businesses save £850 million (€1.03 billion) each year. “Supporting b

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