TORY MPs have proposed an anti-red tape law to be tabled in the Commons. 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…
Read More Companies with shoddy customer service face a crackdown in plans being considered by ministers. Banks and energy firms that leave customers hanging on the phone would be hit with fines. Regulators would be given ‘sharper teeth and claws so they can fix bad customer service’, say sources familiar with the…
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John has given his thoughts to The Weston Mercury on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s figures on increased destitution. John said: “I’m afraid money is tight for everyone, but particularly for people like Paul and Gareth who are too ill to find work. “The problems may have been caused by spiking…
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BRUSSELS is to force European Union train drivers to speak English under rules designed to foster closer ties between member states. Rules to be announced this autumn under the EU’s “Train Drivers’ Directive” will mandate that a single common language is enforced. Sources say that English is set to be…
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