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02/03/2010
Accord or discord?
The Accord Coalition announced this week that a tabled amendment to the Children, Schools and Families Bill “could be the new Section 28”, referring to section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, which prevented local authorities from promoting homosexuality or teaching that homosexuality was an acceptable type of relationship.
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Public sector organisations are under considerable pressure to collaborate with one another to drive efficiencies in the way services are delivered to improve the quality of services and to save money. Local authorities and the NHS have a lot of experience in collaborating to deliver more stream-lined services, notably in the area of health and social care services (see Practice note, Partnerships between local government and NHS bodies).
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The failure of Mrs Laird’s appeal against the costs order made in her dispute with Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC) provides a good opportunity to revisit the lessons learnt from the original action. Continue reading
10/02/2010
Public sector joint ventures
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With budgetary pressures increasing exponentially and private finance seemingly drying up, the public sector needs to find increasingly innovative ways of working with the private sector to deliver high quality services to the public, obtain value for money and, in an ideal world, create additional revenues for themselves.
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Last week saw the Procurement Lawyers’ Association’s second “annual event”. The event included sessions on the latest developments on Auroux, the most significant procurement ECJ decisions of 2009 and, most interestingly, a mock procurement dispute.
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