22 h. ago 'Red tape lunacy' to land London accountant with £16,000 bill to replace two windows in his ground floor flat

A Westminster councillor said the requirement to get sign-off from the Building Safety Regulator to change the windows is ‘ridiculous’

Economics

31 h. ago Britain is 'most expensive place in world' to develop nuclear energy as experts demand Labour cut red tape in 'radical reset'

Independent investigators said overly complex regulation had led to a 'relative decline' in the country's leadership position and higher energy costs for consumers.

Events

5 d. ago New cycle hub and toilet facility at Castle Semple Country Park in Lochwinnoch edges closer

More than £700,000 invested in resource that will replace existing rundown block undergoing demolition.

Politics

6 d. ago Energy expert says Brits may lose heating this winter if they don't do one thing

Energy suppliers have replaced over a quarter of a million RTS meters across the country but there are still 172,000 left across Great Britain to replace so there's still a long way to go

Science

7 d. ago ‘Is your plan for me to die?’: Cancer patients fighting for their lives — against health insurance red tape

EXCLUSIVE: Cancer patients, oncologists and advocates tell Rhian Lubin why the US health insurance system needs urgent reform, and is risking the lives of Americans fighting the disease

Science

7 d. ago Will Rachel Reeves kill off the corner shop? Convenience stores warn Budget taxes, red tape and smoking ban could be 'another nail in coffin'

A survey of England's convenience stores found three-quarters (74 per cent) were concerned about the Budget, with one in five (22 per cent) very concerned.

Events

8 d. ago Classic I'm a Celeb stunt dramatically scrapped because of health and safety

Producers on I'm a Celebrity have been forced to scrap Ant and Dec's traditional grand entrance by helicopter because of red-tape

Events

1 week ago Police and Crime commissioners will be abolished by Labour in bid to cut red tape with policing oversight handed to councils and mayors instead

The Home Office is getting rid of the position and handing oversight over local policing to mayors and councils.

Events

2 w. ago £19million black hole at Sadiq Khan's Greater London Authority revealed as staff warned of job cuts

Full details emerge of feared shortfall in funding, days after 1,500 staff received email alerting them to risk of possible job losses

Events

2 w. ago Jobs at risk at City Hall: £19m hole revealed in Sadiq Khan's GLA accounts

Jobs at risk at City Hall: £19m hole revealed in Sadiq Khan's GLA accounts  London Evening Standard

Economics

2 w. ago Greater London Authority's £19million black hole revealed as staff warned of job cuts

Full details emerge of feared shortfall in funding, days after 1,500 staff received email alerting them to risk of possible job losses

Events

2 w. ago The Secret Santa Project review – festive romcom tries for the Love Actually style multiple story strands

Set in a London council office, this clunky Christmas comedy interweaves a handful of storylines but musters only a brief flicker of cosy charmFeelgood Christmas romcoms are like school nativity plays: you can forgive a lot in return for a toasty warm festive glow. The Secret Santa Project, based on a book by Tracy Bloom and set in a London council’s accounting department, manages a brief flicker of cosy charm in places but in truth it’s bit of a Christmas clunker.Like Richard Curtis’s Love Actually this is a film with a handful of interwoven storylines. Samantha Giles plays Diane, the grinchy head of accounts who in the tradition of London romcoms walks to work over Westminster bridge past Big Ben; she would love to see Christmas cancelled and save the council a few pounds. Her husband Leon (Mark Williams) is a panto director, and Diane suspects he’s got a thing going on with Snow White. This plot line is not a million miles from Emma Thompson’s in Love Actually, but it bungles alo...

Politics

2 w. ago Climate aid too hard for poorest countries to access, warns top advisor ahead of Cop30

The former chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) negotiating group says too much red tape makes it very difficult for the world’s poorest nations to get the help they desperately need

Events

2 w. ago UK economy ‘bleeding out’ with brain drain in science and tech, peers warn

The Science and Technology Committee said Britain should be ‘rolling out the red carpet rather than red tape’ for highly skilled professionals.

Events

3 w. ago Ukraine war victims may receive less than half of £2.35bn Chelsea sale funds

The funds remain frozen in a London bank account

Economics

3 w. ago Can this new 'laser in a bottle' cream replace £1,000 clinic facials? Here's our verdict

Our head of beauty tries SkinCeutical's new Advanced RGN-6 Rejuvenation Cream for 10 days to test the hype

Economics

3 w. ago London council staff overpaid £480k over 5 years due to quirky accounting rule

London council staff overpaid £480k over 5 years due to quirky accounting rule  MyLondon

Economics

3 w. ago Doctors thought Derek's crippling lower back pain was cancer... until they discovered he was suffering from this condition that 'only' affects post

At 49, Derek Wilks was a picture of health. The accountant from Purley, in south London, had run marathons around the world and kept himself fit with regular training.

Science

4 w. ago Amazon confirms it has replaced 14,000 humans with robots amid first wave of massive layoff

'Some may ask why we're reducing roles when the company is performing well,' a top boss wrote.

Politics

4 w. ago Endangered animals at Edinburgh Zoo under threat due to 'endless' Brexit red tape

UK government ministers are being told they must act ‘without delay’

Events