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Join Weightmans for this informative morning seminar, to explore what the proposals mean for the construction industry and how to prepare for change.
Read the President's speech to the LLG Governance Conference 2019
The report includes information on borders, industry, medicines, imports and exports and security. A chapter dedicated to Public Services and Local Authorities Appears at chapter 7
Judgement of the Supreme Court
LLG is delighted to launch our guidance on EU Exit Statutory Instruments with Local Government Impacts. The guidance is designed to set out the broad range of governance documents which underpin local authorities, and which may be affected by changes brought in by the government. It sets out in detail the main changes brought about by numerous statutory instruments which broadly correct “retained EU law” to ensure that the legislation will work properly once the UK has left the EU.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled the prorogation unlawful and void holding it was done to frustrate or prevent the ability of parliament to carry out its functions without reasonable justification. The court held prorogation was not a proceeding in parliament under the Bill of Rights and stated the court certainly could declare therefore that the advice was unlawful. The judgement said the court was 'bound to conclude' there was no reasonable justification.
The Committee has published an open letter to all public office holders on the importance of maintaining high standards and implementing the Nolan Principles.
2020 will mark the 20th anniversary of the legislative changes that led to the establishment of the overview and scrutiny function in English and Welsh councils. In the run-up to this momentous event, the CfPS want to have – and we want you to have – the fullest possible picture of scrutiny across the country. Notable practice, practical experiences, resourcing, impact and the commitment of the executive – the better we can collectively understand these issues, the more we can do to improve scrutiny across the country. The main way that the CfPS help to do this is through thier annual surveys of overview and scrutiny in local government. This year’s survey is now open.
Ministers have published details of their Yellowhammer contingency plan, after MPs voted to force its release. It outlines a series of "reasonable worst case assumptions" for the impact of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October.
For decades now, starting with the compulsory competitive tendering introduced by the Thatcher Government in the 1980s, fewer and fewer services provided by local authorities have been delivered directly by them. Alternative delivery, largely through the private profit-driven sector, has increased hugely. Some councils went so far as to consider a model where they only retained a small corporate core to provide a level of democratic cover and sufficient skeleton resource to manage the contracts let to deliver services; although very few councils, if any, actually achieved this. However, over the last couple of years, there are signs that this tide is changing.