
International Women’s Day is not just another event in the calendar. Striving for social equality is a daily mission as we work towards building a society of gender equality.
During the consultation period, we have seen a change of Prime Minister and a potential shift in emphasis towards new build. It is not clear yet whether the new government will be as committed to implementing the proposals being consulted on as Theresa May’s government said it was.
We thought it was important to add our voice to those calling for change by responding to the consultation. Many of the questions were “technical”, so our response focussed just on those areas where we thought we could make a useful contribution from our perspective as lawyers specialising in registered provider and local authority housing work.
Our response is available to read here.
Particular things we highlighted were:
If you would like more information in relation to the consultation or our response, please contact Andrew Millross.
International Women’s Day is not just another event in the calendar. Striving for social equality is a daily mission as we work towards building a society of gender equality.
Next in our series of ebriefings on the Government’s Green Paper: Transforming public procurement; looking at the Chapter 4 proposal to change the basis of contract awards.
The Academies Financial Handbook is updated annually by the Department for Education and the Education and Skills Funding Agency; it contains a number of governance requirements for academy trusts.
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The case was brought by the Official Receiver who sought disqualification orders under section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (CDDA 1986) against the seven trustees of Kids Company and its CEO. It illustrates well the tension between the role of a fulltime paid CEO of a large charity and the role of its board as voluntary trustees/directors.
At the end of 2020, The Charity Governance Code was updated or 'refreshed' as it is termed on its website.
Anthony Collins Solicitors is today (Thursday 11 February) revealing the scale of its social impact during 2020.
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