Documents Open Europe, London 2 results

"Open Europe has published one of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken of the cost of regulation introduced in the past decade in the UK. Analysing more than 2,000 Impact Assessments, Open Europe has found that regulations introduced between 1998 and 2008 have cost the UK economy

"A study by Open Europe finds that EU legislation has been responsible for 77% of the cost of regulation on businesses since 1998. The study calculates that EU-derived legislation has cost the UK economy