Are you doubly dependent on your Local Authority?
So what do you do when you are dependent on your local authority for both your revenue funding to carry out your activities and your occupation of the premises from […]
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Family’s Own Video Footage Highlights Horrible Abuse of Older People
This is a very sad case, where Mrs McDonald’s daughter Rachael became concerned about her mother’s overly apologetic behaviour within the care home. She was so concerned she decided to […]
European Single Procurement Document – standardising PQQ responses
What is the ESPD? The ESPD is a new standard form for bidders to use when responding to prequalification questionnaires (PQQs) in public procurements. Bidders can choose to submit a […]
Pay to Stay is here!
Local authorities in England must await further regulations that will “make provision about the levels of rent that they must charge a high income tenant of social housing”. For private […]
Sports stars and charities – a winning combination?
What are the potential pitfalls for a sports star and charity entering into a partnership? Working with sports stars can raise the profile of a charity and the cause it […]
Voluntary right to buy: what’s new?
The briefing paper (Introducing a voluntary Right to Buy for housing association tenants in England) sets out the story so far, summarises the findings of the first VRTB Pilot research […]
Goodbye ringfencing & living wills – Hello risk management & asset registers
The key revised changes are: Robust and effective risk management approaches built around “multi-variate” stress testing that should be live tools for RPs as they pursue their businesses. Boards will need […]
Charities given warning on business rates avoidance
The Commission have their sights set on charities that have entered into business rates arrangements that exploit tax legislation artificially and serve to benefit private interests, with charities benefiting as a […]
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence specialist at Anthony Collins Solicitors, secures settlement for a client with a spinal cord injury
What happened? Our client, Mrs VF, was taken to A&E having fallen from her horse. An x-ray was taken of her neck and she was discharged a few hours later. […]
No change to the right to buy and the preserved right to buy maximum discount in 2016 (England only)
As there has been no increase in CPI for the relevant period, the maximum discount will stay the same for the next year. The maximum discount therefore continues to be […]
Brexit and Local Government – what next?
Devaluations All councils would be well advised to consider their Medium-Term Financial Strategy, and the assumptions that underlie it, to see if some adjustment is required. For example, one of […]
New NSP form for assured tenants and new possession ground 7B – in use 1 December 2016
The changes can be found in The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Forms) (England) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2016. The Schedule to those Regulations contains the content of the prescribed […]