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 […]
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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 […]
Phillips v Francis: The wait goes on!
Our original e-briefing on the case can be found here. The Court of Appeal was due to hear the landlord’s appeal of the High Court’s decision last week, but the hearing was […]
Government guidance seeks to limit the use of the competitive dialogue procedure
Given this, “contracting authorities” (for example local authorities, housing associations, ALMOs) should be aware that new Cabinet Office guidance suggests that competitive dialogue procedure should not be used as often […]
Is obesity a disability under UK discrimination law?
The Law Under the Equality Act 2010 (previously the Disability Discrimination Act 1995), a person has a disability for discrimination purposes if they have a physical or mental impairment which […]
Another case says every hour of a sleep-in counts for time work purposes
ESPARON T/A MIDDLE WEST RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME V MISS SLAVIKOVSKI Summary The Employment Appeal Tribunal has just handed down a decision that a care worker who was required to work […]
UK response to Commission’s proposed new EU procurement Directive
This ebriefing highlights some of the key changes the Directive will make, and the implications of those changes for local authorities registered providers of social housing and ALMOs. Group structures […]
Morrison purchase by Mears
What happens to existing contracts with Morrison? Mears have confirmed to us that they have purchased the shares in MFS, rather than the assets. Since this is a purchase of […]
Executive Remuneration and Board Governance
Board members to repay sums out of own pocket? A recent report in Inside Housing suggested that the Board Members of Gallions Housing Association could be liable to pay back […]
Public sector pensions: Benefit reforms and broadly comparable schemes
Organisations who have won contracts from public sector organisations will typically have needed under the government’s Fair Deal guidance to ensure that transferring staff can either remain in their public […]