Ebriefings

CPO powers are notoriously inflexible and difficult to use and of course their use needs to be balanced against the interests of the landowner.

With local authority finances under significant pressure and no sign of more money in the event of a change of government, creative ways to release money are very much in vogue.

As the cost of building new homes and maintaining and decarbonising existing housing stock rises, social housing Providers and other organisations in the sector can no longer rely on traditional financing models to fund new social housing development.

Preparing for the annual governance statement is a good time for local authorities to undertake a governance health-check of their companies.

Over recent years, we have increasingly been advising local authority and social housing clients on their work to utilise decarbonisation funding

Full council has set the budget for 2024/25 after six months of hard work so now what?

In this last month we have had one seminal Supreme Court judgement and one interesting and possibly appealable tribunal decision.

A combination of high costs, staffing shortages and increased public and regulatory scrutiny are creating an extremely challenging environment for privately run care homes

For some, this spring has brought regulatory rains and compliance clouds, but we’ve gathered the umbrella of knowledge to help keep your organisation thriving.

The increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW), which took effect on 1 April 2024, is having a disproportionate effect on care homes and other adult social care service providers.

The rollout of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) new single assessment framework is underway, but many social care providers are concerned the new approach places too much reliance on past performance and could distort new assessment ratings.

Those of you who have been trying to match the provisions on vertical arrangements in the Procurement Act 2023 with those in the existing Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) may have experienced a few head-scratching moments.