Enforcer gets 3% budget increase

THE State agency that deals with rogue companies and their bosses has been given a below inflation rise in its budget.

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), which deals with breaches of company law, has been seeking extra funding for extra staff for a number of years to cope with an increasing workload.

But the office will only see its budget increase 3% in 2008, according to Wednesday’s government spending estimates.