Reform UK pledges to scrap GDPR and fine HMRC for delays
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Neutral summary
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has unveiled a plan to support small businesses, including scrapping the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and replacing it with lighter-touch rules modelled on New Zealand's privacy legislation. The party also proposes fining HMRC £30 for every call from a business left waiting more than 30 minutes. Critics have called the plans 'unserious and unworkable', while former assessors of PIP claims said they were pressured to cut benefits, leaving them 'in tears'.
How it was framed
Outlets: 11. Countries: 2. Facts in the shared core: 2.
Publication timeline
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Politico Europe (outlet profile)
Nigel Farage wants to scrap GDPR for the UK. Reform UK said GDPR has "strangled small businesses and tech firms."
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Evening Standard (outlet profile)
Reform UK pledges to scrap GDPR for ‘light-touch’ laws. The party has pledged to axe the General Data Protection Regulation and expand a venture capital scheme offering tax relief to investors.
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Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Reform UK pledges to scrap GDPR for ‘light-touch’ laws
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GB News (outlet profile)
Reform to unveil biggest cut to regulation in 10 years as EU red tape 'still strangling small businesses'. Reform is set to unveil what the party describes as the most significant package of measures in a decade aimed a…
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Guido Fawkes (outlet profile)
LIVE: Jenrick Unveils Reform’s ‘Contract With Small Businesses’
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GB News (outlet profile)
Reform unveils £30 tax credit for Britons stuck on the phone to HMRC for over 30 minutes. Reform UK has announced plans to introduce a tax credit for Britons who are left waiting on the phone to HM Revenue and Customs (…
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The Register (outlet profile)
Nigel Farage wants to scrap ‘suffocating’ UK GDPR. Reform UK’s leader proposes ‘light-touch’ alternative, although rival politicians say plans are sparsely detailed and inconsistent with reality
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Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Business owners would get £30 for HMRC phone delays, Jenrick announces
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Evening Standard (outlet profile)
Business owners would get £30 for HMRC phone delays, Jenrick announces. The Reform UK Treasury spokesman said the plans were aimed at speeding up the tax office’s services for small businesses.
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Daily Mail (outlet profile)
Reform UK promise taxpayers £30 cashback if they are left on hold for more than half an hour by HMRC. Robert Jenrick, the party's Treasury spokesman, said a Reform government would offer Britons a £30 tax credit if they…
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The National (Scotland) (outlet profile)
Reform UK blasted for 'unserious and unworkable' plans to scrap data protection laws. REFORM UK have been condemned over their new “unworkable and unserious” plans to scrap date protection laws if the party get into gov…
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Daily Express (outlet profile)
HMRC told to improve customer service or face £30 fines – 'it's a disgrace!'. Reform UK warn the taxman to cut down delays on helpline
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iNews (outlet profile)
PIP whistleblowers ‘in tears’ over pressure to cut benefits. Focus of reform should be on creating an assessment system that is more humane and accurate, argue ex-assessors
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City AM (outlet profile)
Reform to slash HMRC officials’ pay if taxpayers wait too long. HMRC officials would be fined and dismissed if they keep taxpayers waiting too long to deal with government services under a Reform UK government.  If…
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GB News (outlet profile)
Reform unveils plan to 'save' British businesses by slashing red tape and axing 'ridiculous EU laws'. Reform UK has pledged to scrap UK privacy rules to slash “red tape” for businesses and axe "ridiculous EU laws". Trea…
Factual core
- Reform UK pledges to scrap GDPR.
- The £30 compensation for HMRC phone delays is part of a Reform UK policy announcement.