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The Enforcer: The Mayor of London gets tough on Affordable Housing Provision
If Boris Johnson will always be remembered as the Mayor who introduced the 'Boris Bike' to the capital; then the current Mayor of London,...
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The impact of mandatory ESG reporting on engineering businesses
The introduction of mandatory ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting is set to have significant implications for...
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Environmental weekly news round up - 22nd March 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
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Anti-Zionist beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010
In Miller v University of Bristol, a tribunal held that an academic’s anti-Zionist views were a “protected belief” under the Equality Act...
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The CMA Report into Housebuilding is out! and some other stuff.....
I hadn't even finished my first coffee of the day, when news of the publication of the CMA report into the housebuilding industry popped...
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Happy Brownfield Development/ Urban Densification Day .... more consultations and another proposed change to the NPPF
Today has certainly been a busy one for DLUHC…. Between 8.45am and 5.15pm, the Department published no less than eight separate updates...
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Environmental Weekly News Round Up – 19 January 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
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New immigration rules will make it harder for employers to attract and recruit staff
The government announced significant changes to the UK immigration system which will come into force next year. It believes that current...
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New Immigration measures revealed: what's changing and how will it impact the UK
The new Home Secretary, James Cleverly, earlier this week announced a package of extensive measures set to reduce net migration in the UK...
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£30 billion investment announcement highlights strength of UK economy
Today, as global chief executives and investors gather at Hampton Court Palace for a government investment summit, the UK government has...
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Profanity and prejudice: using gendered derogatory language towards a trans woman can amount to direct discrimination
In Fischer v London United Busways Limited, a tribunal had to decide if a trans woman who said she had been called a swear word typically...
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Environmental Weekly News Round Up - 13 October 2023
Over the last few weeks, we've seen both Labour and the Conservatives hold their annual conferences. With the Conservative government...
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LURB Watch: Government confirms Nitrates' amendments to be tabled in House of Lords shortly
Earlier today DLUHC and DEFRA announced that they will shortly be tabling amendments to the Levelling-Up & Regeneration Bill with a view...
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Environmental News Round Up - 22 September 2023
Nitrate neutrality position finally neutralised In the last few weeks this has issue has garnered a lot of headlines with the Government...
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How do you solve a problem like Accrual?
Final Salary Schemes: accruals, amendments, and member “interests” 17 years ago, on Saturday 29 July 2006, UK television viewers settled...
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Environmental News Round Up - 8 September 2023
Reassessing Energy Commitments: The UK’s Treaty Withdrawal Debate The Minister for Energy Graham Stuart indicated on 1st September that...
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Environmental news round up - 25 August 2023
This week’s environmental news round up is diving into environmental crime, and the powers of the Environment Agency to enforce against...
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popular electronic telephone game causes construction consternation
Keen digital observers will know that, for now, Pokémon Go is wildly popular. We understand that it encourages people to experience the...
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Summer Hospitality Blues? Our Immigration Expert Reveals Solutions to Staffing Woes
As an immigration lawyer, I understand the challenges the hospitality sector is facing in terms of skill shortages, particularly as we...
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Supreme Court hears landmark Finch case – Do we need to consider downstream Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in planning permissions?
In 2019, planning permission Ref: RE18/02667/CON was granted for the retention and extension of the existing well site at Horse Hill and...
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Manufacturing and the journey towards net zero
The UK manufacturing sector has faced significant change over the couple of decades but perhaps the biggest will be how it faces up to...
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As one consultation closes, another two open: Performance reviews, price rises, case law and yet another set of changes to PD Rights...
Sometimes, dealing with government consultations on planning reform feels a bit like fighting a Hydra. The ink is not yet dry on our...
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Housebuilder fined £480,000 for failure to implement measures to prevent multiple pollution incidents
In what could be seen as a clear message to large companies that cause pollution to the environment that Magistrates Courts are willing...
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Planning for Fools: The best planning related April Fools of the weekend, and the stories that I wish had been....
Saturday was April Fools day. I spent the morning engaged in such classic pranks as cleaning the house and doing laundry*. In honour of...
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Sustainability in sport: stadium development and planning
Like many other sectors, the sports sector faces an unprecedented challenge to become more sustainable, finding ways to mitigate its...
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Budget 2023: Later Living & Care
Yesterday, Jeremy Hunt delivered his first official 'non-emergency' budget as chancellor. It was billed as a Budget for Growth, with a...
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New proposals will give casual workers the right to ask for a predictable work contract
At the beginning of the year, I speculated that the long-promised right for insecure workers to ask to change their contract to reflect...
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Planning changes and the problem of slow build-outs
Among the many changes proposed to the planning system are changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (the ‘NPPF’). The changes...
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Why is 'loud quitting' a risky strategy?
So-called ‘loud quitting’ is a very risky strategy for many reasons. Firstly, by telling your employer that you are looking elsewhere is...
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In the Bleak Midwinter... Cold winds stall local plan progress, LURB heads to the Lords, the Supreme Court rules on DB Symmetry & other news
It has been yet another busy old week in the wonderful world of planning. So in between dodging snowballs, ice-skating along the...
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