28 Jan, 2022 BBC Panorama - Anti-social behaviour: Afraid in my own home By Rebecca Sembuuze “Anti-social behaviour damages lives and communities. Victims want the police and councils to use all the powers at their disposal so...
28 Jan, 2022 Trustees - are you buying property/borrowing money? Then beware! By Edwina Turner The latest inquiry report from the Commission concerning the Hindu Community Society, provides a salutary warning for charity trustees...
26 Jan, 2022 Building Safety Bill - implications for maintenance By Andrew Millross I was talking about the Building Safety Bill proposals at the NHMF conference yesterday, alongside my colleague Lorna Kenyon-Pain from...
26 Jan, 2022 Will non-UK care workers be welcomed back with open arms from 15 February? By Hazel Findlay On Christmas eve, the Government announced a gift for the health and social care (HSC) sector. No, not an invitation to No. 10’s next...
26 Jan, 2022 How will you #BreakTheBias? By Ann Houghton The theme for International Women's Day this year is #BreakTheBias. I've been starting to reflect on what this means, how we achieve this...
24 Jan, 2022 Guidance for social care providers and first successful case on mandatory vaccination By Matthew Wort Despite the leaking of documents to suggest that the evidence base for mandatory vaccinations does not stack up (see here), the train...
20 Jan, 2022 Cutting contractual sick pay for unvaccinated staff – is it lawful or wise? By Katherine Sinclair What do IKEA, Wessex Water, Ocado and Next have in common? Not a great deal, other than when it comes to unvaccinated employees – they...
19 Jan, 2022 What to do if a police investigation into a road traffic collision doesn't give the answers you need By Ann Houghton The experience of a man injured in a road traffic collision earlier this year has made me reflect on the experiences many of my clients...
19 Jan, 2022 Mandatory vaccination from 1 April - will the Government u-turn? By Matthew Wort The Guardian have published news of a leaked document saying growing evidence on the Omicron variant casts doubts over the new law’s...
17 Jan, 2022 Levelling Up. Housing. Communities. It's all in your job title, Mr Gove. By Victoria Jardine I've just read Sam Bowman's thought-provoking article in The Guardian today positing solving Britain's housing crisis as the single most...
17 Jan, 2022 Funeral wishes - A timely reminder By Donna Holmes A report published today has somewhat surprisingly, found that funeral prices have dropped for the first time in 18 years, despite...
14 Jan, 2022 Baby, come back (to the office) By Hannah Bollard As I entered 2022, working from home full time, I was struggling to spot the difference between January 2021 and January 2022. All the...