The Purpose of Regulation report said that a “lack of democratic oversight” of regulators is holding back productivity and economic growth and recommended the formation of a new cross-parliamentary committee to oversee regulatory performance. The report features calls for greater accountability from regulators from various conservative MPs including Bim Alofami, …
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The government’s response to the fourth recommendation of the Work and Pension Committees’ (WPC) 24 design reforms laid down in January – published yesterday (27 April) – addressed the question of whether it would publish a framework for assessing the success of the Royal Mail CDC scheme and other early schemes. …
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Royal Mail Group (RMG), the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite the Union have confirmed plans for a new collective pension scheme following a successful consultation process, with the scheme to be launched by the end of 2022 or early 2023. The positive outcome to the consultation, which was launched …
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Policy watch… The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed enhanced powers for trustees to block or pause transfers where there is potential scam activity on 8 November. The government’s “red” and “amber” flag proposals came into force yesterday (30 November). The government also closed the window of time during …
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One year ago, an early manifestation of opposition by the working class to the homicidal response of the ruling class to the COVID-19 pandemic began with a series of wildcat strikes in Italy. Over the next week, strikes spread to other European countries and to North and South America. At …
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