Nick Maltby, Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell:
The recent announcement by the Treasury to find £1.5 billion savings across the 495 operational Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects in England and recycle them into frontline services does not seem overly convincing to me.
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If you outsource your public service to the private or third sectors, the former NHS or local authority staff will be protected under TUPE, won’t they? In most cases, yes, but an interesting EAT decision suggests that when the ethos for the new service is different, TUPE may not apply.
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The Surveillance Commissioner’s fifth (RIPA) contains some interesting insights on into his views on the government’s plans to revise RIPA, in particular on the changes that will affect the surveillance powers conferred on local authorities in England and Wales. The provisions of RIPA, originally designed to intercept communications from terrorists and organised criminals, have been used by local authorities to investigate potentially fraudulent school applications and by welfare agencies to catch benefit cheats.
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Local government has been aware for more than a year that it will need to make massive budget cuts in order to achieve the £1.66 billion of savings that the government announced it expected local government to contribute towards tackling the budget deficit. Continue reading
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Recent news reports suggest that Enfield Council has become the third local authority in the UK to obtain a gang injunction since the power to apply for them was brought in at the start of this year. This post looks at gang injunctions and considers whether they are likely to be an effective method of preventing gang-related violence. Continue reading
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