The Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) is expected to come into force in October 2024. In preparation for this, a second tranche of technical guidance has been published by Cabinet Office.

Local authorities are under increasing pressure to deliver the net zero targets set out in the Climate Change Act 2008 which requires the UK by 2050 to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) were established to replace the nine regional development agencies responsible for promoting local economic development. From 1 April 2024 LEP functions have been transferred back to local authority responsibility.

PFI (Private Finance Initiative) contract expiry will be resource intensive and a misalignment of interests and authority incentives creates potential for disputes. We set out some “top tips” and considerations for local government organisations.

As part of the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023 the government proposed two new consumer standards.

In this insight we summarise some key takeaways from the NPPF update and what this means for housing development.

This insight focuses on the changes that will be brought about by Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 in respect of amending the time periods contained in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for councils to enforce breaches of planning control.

On the 12 October 2023, Homes England updated the shared ownership model leases, making a shift on the rent calculation from previous reviews based on Retail Price Index (RPI) to Consumer Price Index (CPI) .

With higher proportions of those under the age of 35 self-reporting as trans, it is vital to ensure that local government organisations, as both employers and as service providers, take account of trans rights as well as competing gender critical views.

In recent years, cyber bullying and online abuse have become a widespread issue, and currently there are very limited tools available to those seeking to challenge platforms which allow abusive content.

Local authority procurement teams will have been watching with interest the progress of the Procurement Bill.

Most local government industrial action has now ended following the reaching of a pay deal with teachers, however, not without a significant impact on education providers over the course of the last few months.