This article was written by Anna Mikhailova (Deputy Political Editor) and published in The Daily mail on 19th November 2023.
Tory MPs have proposed an anti-red tape law to be tabled in the Commons tomorrow.
It comes amid concerns over officials pushing for more regulations and would introduce a requirement for the amount of red tape to either stay the same or be cut each year.
A source said: ‘In Whitehall you don’t get promoted for cutting regulations – you get promoted for introducing them.’
Thirty Tory MPs signed the amendment to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill.
They want a return of the ‘one in, one out’ rule introduced by the Coalition government in 2011, which cut red tape for each regulation added.
John Penrose, the Tory MP who tabled the amendment, said: ‘Every pound of red tape costs has the same effect on economic growth as a pound taken through tax.
‘We’d never let a department ignore controls on tax-funded spending, and we shouldn’t treat red tape costs any differently.’
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