Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
Speaking at a Federation of Small Business (FSB) event today, Prime Minister David Cameron said that the country’s 4.9 million small businesses could save up to £10,000 each per year by taking advantage of the measures available to them, including:
Business secretary Vince Cable said: “Small businesses play an important role in boosting growth and creating jobs. I regularly meet these companies across the UK to hear first-hand how government can do its part to help small and medium sized businesses grow and succeed.
“We have acted on their demands by improving access to finance with the new British Business Bank which I established last year, by significantly reducing red tape and by increasing the take up of business rate relief.”
In addition to these measures, the government has announced the first phase of regulatory reforms as part of its Red Tape Challenge, a scheme designed to reduce the burden on taxpayers by abolishing or improving restrictive legislation.
The government has examined 5,600 regulations as part of the Challenge, of which 3,000 will be changed or abolished.
Around 800 regulations have already been abolished or changed, including reforms to employment and health and safety law and simplification of environmental legislation, which the government claims will give more businesses ‘the freedom to grow’.
Other measures include:
Commenting on the red tape measures, minister for business Michael Fallon said: “Changing the culture of government, stripping away obsolete or restrictive rules and getting regulators to put growth first is not an overnight task. But the excellent progress we’ve made shows the government is on track to be the first to reduce, not expand, the rulebook for business.
“We are determined to increase the scale and pace of progress on the better regulation agenda – at home and in Europe. On my watch, the government will continue to support our job creators and put enterprise before bureaucracy every time.”
Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
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