PLC Public Sector reports:
Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions.
PLC Public Sector reports:
Our second post on key developments in public procurement policy that lawyers advising in this area need to be aware of covers the period from February - May 2013. It does not consider case law, which is covered in our monthly public procurement case digest, for a summary of the latest cases, see Public procurement case digest (April 2013).
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PLC Public Sector reports:
Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions.
On 29 January 2013, the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee published its report on the prospects for codifying the relationship between central and local government. The report proposed the introduction of a code that would give local government greater control over its own affairs and clarify which responsibilities should rest with central government and which with local government. For information on the report, see Legal update, Political and Constitutional Reform Committee publishes report on codifying relationship between local and central government.
Given the support in local government circles for a code governing the relationship between central and local government, the government’s response to the report’s recommendations for a new constitutional settlement for local authorities in England that might achieve greater autonomy for local government has been eagerly awaited. That government response has just been published (see Government Response to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee Report (May 2013)).
PLC Public Sector addresses the questions that schools may ask local authorities regarding day-to-day school management and sets out the legal issues to consider when responding:
In this edition, we consider what steps can be taken to deal with unwanted third parties accessing school land. For details of all our school hotline queries, please see Practice note, Schools hotline FAQs.
PLC Public Sector reports:
Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions.
David Hunter, consultant, Bates Wells & Braithwaite LLP:
The financial challenges facing the public sector are huge, but they are not straightforward. Not only is there pressure to reduce expenditure immediately, but the combination of demographics and the economic outlook means there is a need also to procure more longer term solutions, if the picture is not to get steadily worse.
This post looks at the role that commissioning for outcomes can play in meeting these challenges and how social impact bonds may be used to finance new approaches to the delivery of public services, without the public sector bearing the risk attached to such innovation.
PLC Public Sector reports:
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PLC Public Sector reports:
Our April 2013 case digest includes cases on the structure of evaluation processes, disclosure in procurement disputes and the application of the procurement regime to development agreements.
Please feel free to submit a comment below or contact us at: feedback@practicallaw.com if you have any views on the cases covered or think that we have missed a case that should be brought to the attention of public procurement practitioners.
PLC Public Sector addresses the questions that schools may ask local authorities regarding day-to-day school management and sets out the legal issues to consider when responding:
In this edition, we consider the issues to consider when dealing with abusive vistors to a school. For details of all our school hotline queries, please see Practice note, Schools hotline FAQs.
