On Thursday the regulator Monitor announced the administration process at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust was to begin.

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The Byzantine, tedious rulemaking process has occasionally pitted regulator against regulator and proved a bonanza for lobbyists.

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As the former boss of the UK's main financial regulator - which is now in the process of being split in two - Mr Sants should have the knowledge and credibility needed to restore Barclays reputation.

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The regulator Monitor announced in February that the administration process was to begin at the Mid Staffordshire Trust, which runs both Stafford and Cannock Chase hospitals.

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The newest 4G network in the UK is already running, whilst Vodafone, O2, Three, and other new entrants are forced by the regulator to wait until 2013 for the auction process to start.

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Nowhere in Europe is there that expertise or the liquidity of life science capital markets to sustain the kind of investment that Cyclacel needs if it's to get through the hugely demanding and hugely expensive process of satisfying America's pharmaceutical regulator, the Food and Drug Administration.

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Through an innovative regulatory process set up by the government and the regulator, the main barriers to the deployment of micro-power, such as grid access, are being addressed, and Britain is one of the first countries to have a clear, non-discriminatory access regulation for micro-generators that is supported by the regulator.

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The regulator is worried that automatic enrolment, a long-term process which started in the autumn of 2012, means that hundreds of thousands of employers, and millions of workers, will start dealing with a company pension scheme for the first time.

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Studies by Blue Ribbon committees following questions about the relationship between the FAA, in its role as regulator, and the aircraft manufacturer have documented the efficacy of the certification process.

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Ofqual, the exam regulator, has refused to such a regrade and has defended the integrity of the grading process this summer.

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