toughen up

The tribunal said low-interest shareholder loans should not be excluded from the scope of APT rules, and that changes made in February to toughen up the regulations also breached competition law.

Ministers are interested in proposals to toughen up community orders as an alternative to jail, to reduce the number of offenders in prisons.

The tribunal - in a 175-page document - ruled that low-interest shareholder loans from owners to their clubs should not be excluded from the scope of APT rules, and that some amendments to toughen up the rules in February by should not be retained.

The Treasury is reconsidering parts of Labour’s manifesto plan to toughen up the abolition of non-domicile tax status.

Some unions are also known to have concerns about legislation to toughen up workers' rights, particularly calls for workers' rights "from day one".