All news on the topic: Red tape

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Hidden banking fees are stopping small business owners from growing, study finds
The high charges are also holding them back from hiring new staff, and cutting the price of their goods and services, according to research
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UK couple's dream move to Spain turns into a total nightmare as they lose £200k
Phil and Anne Bulman, both 71, were forced to swap the Costa Blanca for South East England after run-ins with robbers, cowboy builders and red tape
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'Not for EU' labels to go on all meat and dairy products sold in supermarkets
Under a deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland, ministers also will be given training on how to talk about the Good Friday Agreement after they displayed ignorance
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British kids could go on school trips to Germany without passports in future
Post-Brexit red tape is making school exchange programmes to Europe more difficult, prompting the need for a scheme that could see British pupils able to visit Germany without a passport
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Liz Truss backs plan to cut minimum wage, paid holidays and redundancy cash
Liz Truss said the document, which includes recommendations to cut the minimum wage and brands paid holidays and redundancy cash drags on growth, was "an important part of the debate"
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Pole dancing skeleton Halloween decoration ordered to be taken down
One Utah man's display of skeletons in camp chairs watching a fellow skeleton pole dance has been deemed unaccepatble by officials and residents alike. Others are fighting back and adding more and more to the display in Grantsville's hottest controversy.
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Sir Michael Caine, 90, announces retirement from acting in devastating update
After starring in more than 160 films over seventy years, Sir Michael Caine has announced his retirement from acting today
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Brits to be £1.5billion poorer as Treasury rules set to block some wind farms
Wind farms are set to produce electricity much cheaper than the regular wholesale price even with high inflation but red tape is expected to block new projects
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Brexit red tape for UK musicians touring Europe 'will be scrapped under Labour'
Speaking at the Trade Unlocked conference, Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds gave new details of how the party would amend the deal struck by Boris Johnson
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Rishi Sunak and Biden announce Atlantic Declaration but still no free trade deal
It marks yet another Tory broken promise after the party pledged in its 2019 election manifesto it would strike a deal by the end of 2022
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Yvette Cooper urges rule change for Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow knighthoods
The Labour frontbencher has written to the Honours and Appointments Secretariat calling on officials to 'set aside any traditional timescales between honours' to honour the rugby league legends
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Enraged man dumps 44lb bucket of excrement over police station counter
Claudio Sesia poured 44lbs of a foul mixture of cow excrement and water onto a police station front desk as he was warned "don't you dare" by a bemused administrator in Australia's Queensland state
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'Jobsworth council won't let us have our own driveway as it's 40cm too small'
Professional driver Paul O'Flynn was refused permission to build a driveway at his home in Morley, West Yorkshire, after the council said it was too dangerous - despite six other neighbours having one
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Grieving son to be kicked out of family home after 63 years weeks after mum died
Gary Brooking, 63, was told he needs to leave the two-bedroom council home in Tilehurst, Berkshire so another family can move in - Mr Brooking cared for his mum for the last 13 years
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Trade summit 'to shape election manifestos and tackle UK's dire economic growth'
International campaign group Best for Britain has organised a conference in Birmingham to hear ideas which could influence parties' manifestos for the next election
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Rishi Sunak warned UK-Pacific trade deal will 'undermine climate pledges'
The UK has signed its biggest post-Brexit trade agreement, joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - but critics say the pact is worth only 0.08% of GDP
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Small businesses call on Jeremy Hunt to save them from oblivion in budget
A study found that one in nine micro businesses fear they will be forced to close this year. Several owners tell us what they need to hear from the Chancellor
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Nuked blood: now ministers refuse to tell families why they can't see evidence
The Ministry of Defence holds the results of Cold War blood tests, but won't share it with veterans
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Leaked images of 'phantom' UFO over active conflict zone leaves experts baffled
The images of the 'Baghdad Phantom UAP' was shared by Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp on their podcast 'Weaponized', and it shows a cylindrical object moving at speed at a low altitude
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Whatever your Brexit view, Sunak has better Northern Ireland deal than Johnson
Sunak negotiating in good faith promises results beyond the bad faith of Johnson, sweeping away many red tape barriers down an Irish Sea border agreed by the ex-PM
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‘We’ve helped families escape the war in Ukraine – this is what we learned’
A year on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Mirror speaks to three British hosts and the Ukrainian families they’ve invited into their homes
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'Rishi Sunak delivered their medal - but broke his promise to nuclear veterans'
Nuclear veterans will get their long-awaited medal this summer - but Rishi Sunak still refuses to fulfil his promise to meet them, says Fleet Street Fox
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'Brexit is no more. It's passed on, ceased to be, expired. This is an ex-Brexit'
It makes no difference for Rishi Sunak to say he's fixed it, says Fleet Street Fox. It's under warranty and we want our GDP back
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Veterans' charity boss fired as questions asked about financial irregularities
Trustees left "trying to save" veterans' charity after firing CEO for 32 "misdemeanours"
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Brexit geniuses stay silent as we lose out by £100bn per year
Brian Reade marks the third anniversary of leaving the EU by lamenting the huge cost the country has suffered as a result
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