07 Feb, 2024 Technology in the public sector: guidance on using AI safely and securely By Emma Watt On 18 January 2024, the Cabinet Office and Central Digital and Data Office jointly published the Generative AI Framework for HM...
04 Dec, 2023 Multiple Contract Working By Sarah Harnett 'Multiple Contract Working' is a term used where individuals secretly hold two jobs simultaneously, both scheduled during the same hours....
04 Dec, 2023 Heat networks – who has the controls? By Richard Brooks Developments in heat network regulation and financing are creating greaterflexibility for local authorities or housing associations to...
26 Jun, 2023 Exercising the shareholder function in local authority companies By Matt Marsh Fundamentally, a local authority’s role as the shareholder of its company is to safeguard the public money the local authority has in it...
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...
04 Aug, 2022 Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in social housing: New guidance By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Catherine Henry Further to our previous blogs on the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022, the Government has now issued guidance...
10 Jun, 2021 HQN gas safety masterclass By Anthony Collins I was honoured to be asked to once again provide the legal update at another HQN gas safety masterclass conference on Wednesday morning. ...
11 Dec, 2020 PPN 10/20...a little bit more clarity on public procurement after the transition and no clarity on State aid By Alex Lawrence The Government has published a further Procurement Policy Note (PPN 10/20) on public procurement after the transition. The PPN itself...
26 Nov, 2020 Revised PWLB Lending Terms Published with effect from 26 November 2020 By Alex Lawrence Following HM Treasury's consultation on the Public Works Loan Board's (PWLB) lending terms earlier this year, the Government yesterday...
25 Nov, 2020 Consultation during the pandemic - getting it right By Alex Lawrence The Court of Appeal decision in R (on the application of Article 39) v Secretary of State for Education [2020] EWCA Civ 1577, is a timely...
12 Nov, 2020 Croydon, the budget and a Section 114 notice By Alex Lawrence It is being reported that the Section 151 Officer of Croydon Council has issued a Section 114 notice to her authority. Such notices are...
04 Nov, 2020 Funding the social care system By Anthony Collins It is nothing new to say that the current funding model is broken. Further light has been shed on this by the recent Kings Fund report...