A new direction for regulation
In the past, the Housing Corporation/HCA has supported RPs that may otherwise be stricken, primarily by increasing grant rates. But with the government only part-way towards its debt-reduction target and […]
Some wins for UK in EU procurement Directive negotiations
For details, see UK response to Commission’s proposed new EU procurement Directive. Negotiations within the EU on the draft Directive are progressing and on 19 October the Commission issued a […]
And so it begins! – first parts of The Anti Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 coming into force 13 May 2014
Commencement Order recently published means that from 13 May 2014 and onwards, the new riot related discretionary possession ground, changes to the existing ASB ground and various community remedies come […]
Admission bodies may be required to place new eligible employees into the LGPS from the start of employment
In addition, existing employees who become eligible after 1 October 2012 will also automatically join the scheme. Organisations whose new employees are eligible for LGPS membership (i.e. the admission agreement does not just […]
Care Bill: Human Rights back on the agenda
The Lords had previously inserted Clause 48 into the Bill, seeking to apply the Human Rights Act (“HRA”) to all provision of CQC-regulated social care. The HRA makes it unlawful […]
Reforms to the County Court Rules – Impact on Housing
The changes will impact all litigation involving housing providers that proceed through Court just as much as any other civil claims even though the media attention has mostly been focused […]
Why this unreasonable haste?
Cabinet Office proposals for the implementation of the new EU procurement Directive The Directive will allow up to 2 years for the UK implementing Regulations to be put in place. […]
Calculating holiday pay – don’t fall into the trap
Do you know what ‘pay’ is for the purposes of calculating holiday pay? Is it calculated simply by paying basic salary for any time taken as leave? Should overtime rates […]
Rents: Proposals for the future
The key proposals set out in the Government’s consultation paper, ‘Rents for social housing 2015 – 2016’, are: Moving from annual increases in weekly rents of RPI + 0.5 percentage […]
ASB Bill – further update
The Government has now considered the HASC report and issued its own response to it. The key issues discussed are set out below. The HASC was concerned that the proposed […]
Joseph Rowntree Foundation launches new report “Tackling Poverty through Public Procurement”
The national launch event was chaired by Chris White MP, the author of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012. Mark Cook, partner at Anthony Collins and author of the […]
Housing Benefit – Recent Cases
Sitting alongside those local cases, there have been a number of high-profile decisions considering the issues arising – this briefing sets out those cases. R (on the application of Ma […]