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Policy ideas developed by citizens and reviewed by the Scrutinise community.
The Darzi Review (2024) found that diagnostic delays are the primary driver of the NHS treatment backlog. This proposal creates a statutory…
The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 enabled remote hearings for some proceedings but left criminal courts without a clear framework. The…
The Procurement Act 2023 created a transparency framework for government contracts but the implementation portal publishes data in formats t…
The Institute for Government has documented that bills subjected to pre-legislative scrutiny produce significantly better legislation with f…
The Advanced Research and Invention Agency was established in 2022 to fund high-risk, high-reward research outside normal government apprais…
The Ukraine war has demonstrated that modern warfare requires sustained industrial production at scale. The UK has no statutory mechanism to…
The UK's pre-COVID pandemic preparedness framework proved inadequate in 2020. Post-COVID reforms have been incremental. This proposal create…
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 added a secondary competitiveness objective to the FCA and PRA, but without any mechanism for Pa…
The Equality Act 2010 included powers (activated via regulations in 2017) requiring employers with 250+ staff to publish their gender pay ga…
Allowed trans people in the UK to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate, giving full legal recognition of their acquired gender without re…
Banned the hunting of wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales. The result of a 60-year civil society campaign, it finally passed after r…
Required English councils to intervene 56 days before someone becomes homeless, not just after. Extended the duty of care to all homeless pe…
Created the first statutory definition of domestic abuse in England and Wales, established the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, recognised child…
Made landlords legally responsible for keeping rented homes fit for human habitation throughout the tenancy. Karen Buck MP introduced this a…
Consolidated and modernised UK consumer protection law, for the first time covering digital content, and introduced new rules on unfair term…
Introduced a generational smoking ban — no one born on or after 1 January 2009 can ever legally be sold tobacco in the UK. The most signific…
Created a legal right to roam over mountain, moor, heath, down and registered common land in England and Wales. The result of a 60-year camp…
Consolidated slavery and trafficking offences into a single Act, established the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, and introduced trans…
Streamlined planning for nationally significant infrastructure, reformed the Nature Restoration Fund to reduce development delays, and creat…
Created a specific offence of domestic abuse for the first time in Scotland, explicitly covering coercive and controlling behaviour — pre-da…