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New Government Simplification Plans must deliver results, says FSB

Monday 11 December 2006

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reacted with cautious optimism to the Government’s announcement of Simplification Plans across all Departments. The Plans were revealed today by the Better Regulation Executive – a division of the Cabinet Office.

The FSB welcomed the BRE’s initiative to address red tape burdens on business across Whitehall. Small businesses have long maintained that better regulation has to be examined from an economic point of view. The sooner the Government cuts red tape and lowers the burden of regulation on business the freer firms are to grow, create more jobs and generate more money.

John Walker, FSB National Policy Chairman, said:

“We are pleased to see these moves by Whitehall to reduce the burdens on business. If this model works then for the first time we will have a system where it will be possible to measure whether the burdens on business are falling or not.

“We commend the Better Regulation Executive on their work in bringing these plans forward. The responsibility for cutting red tape in Departments must now fall specifically on Ministers. They must ensure that their officials play their part in achieving the required reductions, so the momentum of the announcement is maintained through to delivery during the next few years.

“There have be too many false dawns on red tape in the past, under successive Governments, that have not met the reality on the ground facing our members and for the sake of the UK economy and hard working small business owners, we very much hope this initiative will work.”



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