3/31/2023 4:31:02 PM Expansion of Ofsted's powers - the regulation of accommodation for 16 and 17-year olds By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Freya Cassia Elizabeth Massey There are nearly 7000 young people living in unregulated settings in the UK. For older looked-after children and care leavers, aged 16...
3/31/2023 9:38:03 AM The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy By Max Howarth On 22 December 2022, the Government launched its consultation seeking views on its proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy...
3/29/2023 9:47:10 AM Updated how to rent guide By Emma Hardman The Government has updated the how to rent guide, effective from 24 March 2023. As a reminder, this guide has to be issued when a...
3/27/2023 1:35:58 PM Service of NSPs by local authorities By Helen Tucker A new Court of Appeal case (Birmingham City Council v Drew Bravington) has decided that local authority landlords can validly serve a...
3/23/2023 2:35:53 PM Supporting earlier resolution of private family law arrangements - consultation launched By Kadie Bennett The Ministry of Justice has announced today a consultation on supporting earlier resolution of private family law arrangements which will...
3/22/2023 9:29:51 AM Rushing redundancies and pension costs By Doug Mullen A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case has highlighted the perils of rushing through a redundancy process in order to avoid the...
3/20/2023 12:27:44 PM So farewell then, SITR... By David Alcock Among the announcements about pensions, childcare and energy bills, if you look deep into the budget paper from last week you will find a...
3/17/2023 10:04:02 AM Pensions tax: All change! By Doug Mullen As the dust settles on the budget, two things are clear: there were some significant changes to pensions tax arrangements - and there...
3/16/2023 5:12:31 PM (Some) developers step up and bind themselves to the Government’s ‘fire safety contract’ By Paul Slinger 13 March 2023 marked the deadline for when the Government expected housebuilders and mixed-use developers to sign up to commitments...
3/16/2023 11:58:20 AM Charities and social media: The new political football? By Nikhil Handa Edwina Turner Natalie Barbosa In the past couple of weeks, Gary Lineker and the BBC have been caught up in a very public battle of ideas over the use of social media. ...
3/16/2023 9:36:42 AM Mandatory professional qualifications required for social housing managers By Katherine Sinclair The last days of February bought a rather shocking announcement for the sector; an amendment to the Social Housing (Regulations) Bill...
3/15/2023 12:24:22 PM Make things right By Rebecca Sembuuze The Government appear to be in full swing in its drive to increase tenant engagement in social housing, as they promote its Make Things...