New community powers giving people rights to shape development in their neighbourhood could provide a bumper crop of allotments, Planning Minister ... read more
New public sector equality duty comes into force on 5th April 2011 see legislation section above for details of the statutory instruments 5th ... read more
The Government has announced new areas that it will consider reforming as part of its review of employment red tape - including collective redundancy ... read more
In advance of the House of Commons Reports Stage of the Localism Bill the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), which represents 23,000 of Britain's ... read more
People affected by Government policy on animal health and welfare will for the first time make recommendations on those policies directly to ... read more
A new ten point counter-fraud blueprint for tackling criminals and dishonest people who are costing the country billions of pounds in fraudulent ... read more
These Regulations, which came into force on 6th April 2011, repeal and amend provisions in Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010 (and repeal and ... read more
This Order sets out the various provisions of the Act which came into force on 5th April 2011. These include section 149 (public sector equality ... read more
This Order amends the Equality Act 2010 by adding to the list in Schedule 19 of public authorities which are subject to the public sector equality ... read more
Support and leadership for the UK's archive sector will transfer to The National Archives (TNA) from April 2012 following the closure of the ... read more
BDW v Spooner 2011 EWHC B7 (QB) In this case a developer bought land from a local authority which had already granted planning permission for ... read more