01 Nov, 2024 Budget: what does this mean for the health and social care sector? By Joe Mulrenan The general consensus across the health and social care sector is one of yet another missed opportunity to bring social care to the front...
10 Oct, 2024 Renters' Rights Bill – Second reading By Suzanne Gregson The second reading of the Renters’ Rights Bill was held by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner on 9 October 2024. This is the first time...
25 Jul, 2024 Labour government to announce decisive and swift reform of the NPPF early next week By Anthony Collins Prior to its election as the majority party in the House of Commons, the Labour Party made notable pledges to reform the inefficiencies...
17 Jul, 2024 Kings Speech announces extension of Awaab’s Law to the private sector By Suzanne Gregson In the first King Speech under a Labour government for 14 years, there were 40 pieces of proposed legislation identified. One important...
01 Jul, 2024 Managing change in law – Before, during and after a waste procurement process By Alex Lawrence The law is (almost) always changing. Whether that is a new case reinterpreting a long-standing doctrine or the government of the day...
20 May, 2024 Services reviews and functions – The first step in redesigning council services By Claire Ward Full council has set the budget for 2024/25 after six months of hard work so now what? The decision to agree the budget is an...
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...