LRD guides and handbook August 2013

Health and safety law 2013

Chapter 12

Löfstedt one year on

Reclaiming health and safety for all: a review of progress one year on was published by the DWP in February 2013. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) said the report was a “missed opportunity” to voice strong concerns about government plans to change health and safety regulations. IOSH head of policy and public affairs Richard Jones said: “We are disappointed that Professor Löfstedt has not taken this opportunity to voice strong concerns about the speed and scale of the review implementation raised by IOSH and others, and to urge a government rethink.”

The Löfstedt Report, Reclaiming health and safety for all, as well as the government response to the Löfstedt Report can be downloaded from the government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reclaiming-health-and-safety-for-all-lofstedt-report

The Löfstedt review of health and safety regulation: a critical evaluation by James, Tombs and Whyte, published by the Institute of Employment Rights and available at: www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/Lofstedt%20Report%20Review%20March%202012.pdf

Reclaiming health and safety for all: a review of progress one year on can be found on the government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reclaiming-health-and-safety-for-all-lofstedt-report-a-review-of-progress-one-year-on

The Young Review, Common sense, Common safety can be found on the government website at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-sense-common-safety-a-report-by-lord-young-of-graffham