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In this issue: Planning Social housing Children’s social care Education Judicial review Environmental law and climate change Public procurement Governance Social care Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Planning Modernising planning committees—proposed reforms and implications On 28 May 2025, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) opened a technical consultation on changes to planning committees in England, which runs until 23 July 2025. Sitting within implementation of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, the measures are designed to update how planning choices are made. The package is intended to improve the efficiency, reliability and calibre of decisions nationwide. Through consistent delegation, streamlined committee arrangements, compulsory training and sharper performance measures, government intends to deliver a more agile planning service that underpins sustainable development and boosts economic growth. See News Analysis: Modernising planning committees—proposed reforms and implications. Planning reform working paper—reforming site thresholds The government has issued...

In this issue: Public procurement Healthcare Social housing Children's social care Social care Education Local authority prosecutions Licensing Planning Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Public procurement Inadvertent scoring mistake held not sufficiently serious or material enough to warrant award of damages (Braceurself Ltd v NHS England) In this matter, a clerical scoring error—one that would have shifted the result by 0.25% in favour of the incumbent—was found neither sufficiently serious nor material to justify an award of damages. If the error had not been inadvertent, or had crossed the 'sufficiently serious' threshold, the Court of Appeal would probably, applying the Francovich case tests, have reached a different outcome and ruled for the aggrieved bidder. Summarising Francovich, Lord Justice Coulson noted that, although the principle originates in European law and remains untouched by the new Procurement Act 2023, it does not readily align with English common law generally, or with public...

In this issue: Public procurement Social housing Social care Education Children's social care Governance Healthcare Licensing Local authority prosecutions Environmental law and climate change Planning LexTalk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement Court of Appeal rules on duty to clarify tender submissions with bidders in UK public procurement (Working on Wellbeing Ltd trading as Optima Health v (1) Secretary State for Work and Pensions (2) Department for Work and Pension) In a notable ruling in Working on Wellbeing Ltd trading as Optima Health v (1) Secretary State for Work and Pensions (2) Department for Work and Pension [2025] EWCA Civ 127, the Court of Appeal allowed Optima Health’s appeal after its disqualification from a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) procurement. The court set out when contracting authorities may request clarification from bidders, and when that discretion evolves into a...

This Lexis+® UK Local Government feature preserves a historical log of current awareness, consultations, legislation and developments monitored by the Education tracker, spanning the full education landscape from early years foundation stage (EFYS) through to further and higher education. It does not address the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19), which is covered in the Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education tracker [Archived] and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education tracker 2020 [Archived]. Once news, consultations and other updates are no longer current, they move to the Education tracker archive. Secondary legislation is archived two months after it comes into force, while cases and primary legislation are archived 12 months after commencement or once judgment is handed down. See Practice Notes: Education tracker 2019 [Archived], Education tracker 2018 [Archived], Education tracker 2017 [Archived] and Education tracker 2016 [Archived]. For ease of use, the tracker is organised into: Legislation and statutory guidance Bills: passage through parliament Consultations and developments of interest Cases Legislation and statutory guidance Further and Higher Education...

CASE HUB ARCHIVED This archived case hub sets out the position as at 4 May 2020, when the investigation was cancelled following the abandonment of the transaction; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline of a UK merger investigation into the proposed acquisition by McGraw Hill Education, Inc of Cengage Holdings II, Inc. The transaction featured horizontal overlaps in the provision of higher education textbooks. Latest developments On 5 May 2020, the CMA formally ended its phase 2 inquiry after the parties chose to abandon the proposed transaction. Parties McGraw-Hill Education, Inc (MHE): MHE is a US-based publisher of educational materials. It provides content, tools and services via print, digital and hybrid solutions for pre-nursery, secondary school, college, university and professional learning, and serves information markets on a worldwide basis. Cengage Holdings II, In (Cengage): Cengage is a US-based developer of learning solutions. It offers courses for instructor and trainer development, supplementary materials, certifications, and online...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is not maintained. It reviews the Building Schools for the Future government initiative together with the current Priority School Building Programme, and examines the construction contracts adopted as well as the negotiation issues commonly encountered in practice... Building Schools for the Future Building Schools for the Future (BSF) was a Labour-led programme announced in 2003 by the Department for Education and Skills (which later became the Department for Education, or DFE), and it launched in 2004. Its purpose included, among other objectives, delivering a step change in children’s education by upgrading facilities, property and learning environments across local secondary schools. BSF was intended to be financed by a £55bn investment to improve schools over a 15–20-year period. Delivery was co‑ordinated nationally by Partnerships for Schools, set up by the DFE as both a company and a non‑departmental public body (ie a government‑sponsored organisation operating at arm’s length) for this purpose. The programme was funded jointly by the DFE and Partnerships UK,...

The young person is now past 18, has finished secondary schooling and is moving on to higher education. The prior maintenance arrangement has now ceased, and the child intends to seek financial provision under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) by making their application. Under ChA 1989, Sch 1, a parent, guardian, or special guardian of a child, or any person in whose favour a residence order is in force with respect of a child, may apply for a range of orders for the benefit of a child as provided under Sch 1...