Big Society red tape purge
The Cabinet Office announced on 17 August 2010 that red tape would be purged for charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises.
Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd, said: "This is a tough time for small civil society organisations and we want to make life easier for them. So I have asked for specific ideas on how we can thin the thicket of bureaucracy and regulation that too often gets in the way. I see it very simply. Every pound or hour we can save a small voluntary organisation is a pound or hour that could be better spent."
The taskforce is time limited and will report to Ministers early in 2011. It will have a particular remit to consider the full range of burdens that fall on small civil society organisations. It will make recommendations about how red-tape should be reduced, including changes to legislation or processes that are needed. The taskforce will decide which particular areas it will focus on, but this might include: responsibilities of trustees and directors, employment law and contractual arrangements when civil society organisations provide public services.
The tasforce will be chaired by Lord Hodgson, who has spent his career advising and working for small to medium sized enterprises, is currently President of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
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