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PM to crack down on 'time-wasting' appeals PM to crack down on 'time-wasting' appeals
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Ministers will crack down on "time-wasting" in the "massive growth industry" of legally challenging government policy, the PM is to say. David Cameron has promised to crack down on "time-wasting" caused by the "massive growth industry" in legal challenges to government policy.
David Cameron will tell business leaders he will "get a grip" on people forcing unnecessary delays. The prime minister told business leaders he would "get a grip" on people forcing unnecessary delays.
Judicial review applications will cost more, there will be less time to apply and fewer chances to appeal. Judicial review applications would cost more, with less time put aside to to apply and fewer chances to appeal.
He will also say the government is "too slow" in bringing in deficit reduction, pledging that must change. Mr Cameron also said the government was "too slow" at cutting the deficit, and pledged to speed up the process.
Wartime spirit In his address to the CBI conference in London, the prime minister said the legal right to a judicial review of decisions, including those on major infrastructure projects, had grown out of control, insisting: "We urgently need to get a grip on this.
The prime minister is expected to say the legal right to a judicial review of decisions, including major infrastructure projects, has grown out of control and must be scaled back, insisting: "We urgently need to get a grip on this.
"So here's what we're going to do: reduce the time limit when people can bring cases; charge more for reviews - so people think twice about time-wasting.""So here's what we're going to do: reduce the time limit when people can bring cases; charge more for reviews - so people think twice about time-wasting."
'Hopeless causes'
It is unclear yet how much the fees would rise by for review applications or by how much the three-month time limit for applications might be cut.
But Mr Cameron said that "instead of giving hopeless cases up to four bites of the cherry to appeal a decision, we will halve that to two".
It is unclear yet how much the fees would rise by for review applications or how far the three-month time limit for applications might be cut.
But he will add that "instead of giving hopeless cases up to four bites of the cherry to appeal a decision, we will halve that to two".
Downing Street figures show more than 11,000 applications for judicial review were made in 2011, compared with just 160 in 1975.Downing Street figures show more than 11,000 applications for judicial review were made in 2011, compared with just 160 in 1975.
As well as pledging to crack down on judicial reviews, he will also argue for less Whitehall bureaucracy as the emphasis is put on the pursuit of economic growth. In his speech, Mr Cameron argued for less Whitehall bureaucracy and greater emphasis on the pursuit of economic growth.
He is expected to accept the government is "too slow in getting stuff done" and that civil servants must appreciate delays are felt in "businesses going bust, jobs being lost" and "livelihoods being destroyed". He argued that government was "too slow in getting stuff done" and that civil servants must appreciate delays were felt in "businesses going bust, jobs being lost" and "livelihoods being destroyed".
"Consultations, impact assessments, audits, reviews, stakeholder management, securing professional buy-in, complying with EU procurement rules, assessing sector feedback - this is not how we became one of the most powerful, prosperous nations on earth," he will say. "Consultations, impact assessments, audits, reviews, stakeholder management, securing professional buy-in, complying with EU procurement rules, assessing sector feedback - this is not how we became one of the most powerful, prosperous nations on earth," he said.
"It's not how you get things done so I am determined to change this.""It's not how you get things done so I am determined to change this."
'War' Mr Cameron drew a historical analogy, saying: "When this country was at war in the '40s, Whitehall underwent a revolution.
He will draw an analogy with how the country responded to fighting Hitler.
"When this country was at war in the 40s, Whitehall underwent a revolution.
"Normal rules were circumvented. Convention was thrown out. As one historian put it, everything was thrown at 'the overriding purpose' of beating Hitler."Normal rules were circumvented. Convention was thrown out. As one historian put it, everything was thrown at 'the overriding purpose' of beating Hitler.
"Well, this country is in the economic equivalent of war today - and we need the same spirit. We need to forget about crossing every 't' and dotting every 'i' - and we need to throw everything we've got at winning in this global race.""Well, this country is in the economic equivalent of war today - and we need the same spirit. We need to forget about crossing every 't' and dotting every 'i' - and we need to throw everything we've got at winning in this global race."
Elsewhere at the conference Labour leader Ed Miliband is also due to make a speech in which he will warn Britain is "sleepwalking" into leaving the European Union, a move which could undermine the UK's economy and leave it "voiceless and powerless". Mr Cameron added: "In the '50s it took us eight years to design and build the first 50 miles of the M1. Today it can take that long just to widen one section of a motorway.
"So we are speeding things up. Since we came to office we haven't just announced a load of road and railways schemes - yes - we have actually got diggers on the ground on the A23, the M62, the M4, M5 and M6.
"What's more, it's our ambition to cut the time it takes to upgrade our roads in half."
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