Under the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, which received Royal Assent on 20 July 2023, the Secretary of State has the power to set Minimum Service Levels (MSLs) for “relevant services” in the fields of health, transport, education, fire and rescue, border control, and nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management services.
We previously wrote about the detailed rules involved
All employers will need to urgently update their recruitment policies!
New Changes
It has long been a question on job application forms for prospective employees and workers to declare any un-spent convictions that they have at the time of applying. However, as of 28 October 2023 the timeframe for a custodial sentence being classed as “un-spent” has been reduced. Section
On 21 October 2023 the government published its long awaited response to the Consultation on implementation of mandatory electronic waste tracking. In essence the response confirms the government’s policy paper published in April 2022 and adds that mandatory tracking will come into force by April 2025 with voluntary access to the electronic tracking system in 2024.
The Procurement Bill was given Royal Assent on 26th October. Whilst the majority of the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (the ‘Act’) are not yet in force, with Cabinet Office suggesting a ‘go-live’ date for the new regime of October 2024, it is important for those involved in public procurement to start becoming acquainted with the Act, particularly
On 21 October 2023, the Government published its long awaited response to the results of its consultation on ‘Consistency in household and business recycling in England’. It is worth noting that this is only a response to the consultation and not yet the anticipated statutory guidance or regulations.
Recycling Consistency
All local authorities in England will have to collect
The decision in Enterprise Hangars Ltd v Fareham Borough Council [2023], has reaffirmed that planning authorities should not invoke their rights as private landowners to stifle planning applications.
The judgement by the High Court emphasised that planning decisions should be made purely based on planning considerations. Considerations of the defendant local authority as landowner should not have been a
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