The Pension Schemes Bill introduces several new powers, building on the Government’s ‘Fit for Future’ consultation response

The Ada Lovelace Institute has published a report warning that local authorities need more support to responsibly procure artificial intelligence

On 7 July 2025, the Government took its last opportunity to table amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, following weeks of analysis by the House of Lords during the Committee Stage.

Further to our recent insight on the Immigration White Paper, the government has now published a Statement of changes to the immigration rules: HC 997, 1 July 2025 - GOV.UK, which starts to implement the first changes proposed in the White Paper.

The government’s immigration White Paper Restoring control over the immigration system May 2025 was published in May 2025 and sets out significant proposals to control immigration and promote growth.

Following the submission of the Interim Plans for Local Government Reorganisation by local authorities within the 21 two-tier areas in March, there have been several recent announcements made by the Government.

Following the announcement by Rachel Reeves in the Spring Statement 2025 to increase capital spending by £2billion per year to drive economic growth

The recent Spending Review delivered good news for social housing providers, including local authorities and Registered Providers (RPs).

The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in the case of R (Greenfields (IOW) Ltd) v Isle of Wight Council.

It has now been just over a year since the implementation of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 introduced a system of proactive regulation against the new consumer standards.

HM Land Registry have recently announced that they are simplifying their approach to the registration of personal covenants.

Concerns are regularly expressed about the state of the high street and the number of vacant shops in town centres. To address these concerns, Councils have acquired new powers to intervene where high street units have stood empty for too long.