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Irwin Mitchell
Shared Parental Leave for Grandparents
It has been announced that the Government plans to extend shared parental leave beyond parents, to grandparents. However, employers who...
06/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Business rates revolution
We've seen commercial rents having had to be adjusted to meet market forces. Now town councils have the flexibility to attract retailers...
05/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Brandon Lewis "still very focussed" on delivering exemptions for small sites
This may not be the Planning Minister's first statement in response to Mr Justice Holgate's decision, last July, to quash the policy...
05/10/15
Irwin Mitchell
Most Housing Associations will accept extension of right to buy
Following a ballot last week, 86% of members of the National Housing Federation (the representative body for housing associations) have...
05/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Osborne announces National Infrastructure Commission ... to be led by a Labour peer!
It isn't often that the party conference season produces a genuine surprise for those in the property industry, but the appointment of...
05/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Secretary of State endorses a pragmatic approach to s.106 Pooling Restrictions
In an appeal decision issued last week, the Secretary of State provided some much needed guidance on how to approach the pooling...
02/10/15
Nicola Gooch
Housing Crisis takes centre stage at Labour Conference
With the Conservative Government's controversial proposals to extend the Right to Buy to Housing Association properties dominating the...
01/10/15