30 Oct, 2023 Energy Act 2023 receives Royal Assent By Gayle Monk The Energy Act 2023 received Royal Assent and passed into law on 26 October 2023. Coming at a time of high energy prices and increasing...
10 Mar, 2023 An early April Fools? No, just a new standard selection questionnaire By Gayle Monk It will be live from 1 April 2023 but it's no joke - the Cabinet Office has published a new standard selection questionnaire (SQ). From...
09 Dec, 2022 It's coal for Christmas By Gayle Monk Just a month after relinquishing the COP presidency, the UK has taken the perverse decision to approve the opening of the country's first...
26 Oct, 2022 2022 - The year of the u-turn? CSPL asks levelling up secretary to reconsider council powers to tackle member bad behaviour By Matt Marsh Following what seems like weeks of government u-turns, the committee on standards in public life (CSPL) has urged the Government to make...
29 Sep, 2022 Wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund - it's time to apply By Gayle Monk Inevitably the turmoil of the last two months has delayed many things, among them the opening up of Wave 2 of the Social Housing...
20 Jul, 2022 It's a win - but I'm not celebrating By Gayle Monk In a huge win for Client Earth, Friends of the Earth and the Good Law Project this week, the High Court has ruled that the Government's...
07 Jul, 2022 Is it 'school's out' for the Schools Bill? By Phil Watts The continuing collapse of Boris Johnson's leadership and the current Government brings into question the passage of the much berated...
25 Aug, 2021 Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund - Wave 1 is now live By Gayle Monk Following a small number of pilots launched earlier in the year, the government opened up applications for Wave 1 of the wider funding...
22 Apr, 2021 Marking Earth Day 2021 By Gayle Monk Earth Day has been marked every year since 1970 to honour the Earth and demonstrate support for environmental protection. The first...
05 Feb, 2021 Dasgupta Report on the Economics of Biodiversity - a blast from the past or a sign of real change? By Gayle Monk Just from reading the headline document - which you can read here - the messages coming from the Dasgupta Report are powerful (the full...