Mar 31, 2023 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...
Mar 31, 2023 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...
Mar 29, 2023 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...
Mar 27, 2023 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...
Mar 23, 2023 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...
Mar 22, 2023 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...
Mar 20, 2023 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...
Mar 17, 2023 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...
Mar 16, 2023 (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...
Mar 16, 2023 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. ...
Mar 16, 2023 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...
Mar 15, 2023 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...