Gangmasters

This article talks about how the Government’s approach to regulation is deemed by it author to undermine the work of the Gangmaster authority it says:

“Yet the government has deemed all this activity “a burden on business”, so much tedious red tape around a beleaguered industry that should be swept aside in favour of a more “voluntary” and “light-touch” approach to enforcement.

On coming into office it set up a farming regulation taskforce as part of its “red tape challenge” ………The taskforce made 220 recommendations of ways to ease the burden on farmers, and the government has just published its response to those. Its answer to the vast majority of the recommendations is an enthusiastic yes, with no pause even to consult further as would be usual.”

It goes on to suggest this approach will increase danger and undermine good practice in terms of employment in the agriculture and horticulture sector – not sure that this is actually the case on the balance of evidence offered here – you may well have your own views!