‘The UK government’s response to two post-Brexit consultations on reforming holiday pay leaves the door open for more reforms in the future, according to two legal experts.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘This project started from an experience that will be familiar to just about any law lecturer: persuading first-year students, bewildered in their first week at university, that your subject means something to them ― even if they don’t know that yet. In my case, one argument I came up with to sell my students on constitutional law was that government is a very big deal. I return to the question of just how big a deal it is presently. For now, suffice it to say that, although some public law rules (think of the Carltona doctrine, for instance) take this into account, on the whole, the size and also the shape of government go relatively unremarked upon in public law theory.
In this post I argue, however, that they matter for thinking about government accountability. They matter beyond this too, but accountability is my topic here. It is more difficult to keep a big government accountable than a small one. In particular, it is difficult and perhaps impossible to do so through political means. Political constitutionalists who want government accountability, primarily political control of government, and big government cannot have it all.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th November 2023
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 42. The Government’s flagship policy of removing individual asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be decided under the Rwandan asylum system that was announced on 14th April 2022 has been found to be unlawful by a unanimous Supreme Court.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th November 2023
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Bedford Prison has higher levels of violence than any other prison in the country, according to a critical report from inspectors.’
BBC News, 17th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rishi Sunak has staked his political credibility on pushing through emergency legislation to resurrect his high-profile plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, after the supreme court ruled it was unlawful.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Law reform charity Justice has intervened on what it called a “principle of open justice”, to allege the Government wanted blanket anonymity for civil servants deemed ‘junior’ in documents disclosed in judicial review proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th November 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK supreme court has unanimously ruled that the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful.’
EIN Blog, 15th November 2023
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘In a bid to appease the Tory right, Conservative leaders have for years flirted with taking the nuclear option of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights.’
The Independent, 15th November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The backlog of older cases in the UK asylum system fell by nearly half between July and October, new figures show.’
The Independent, 15th November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The supreme court has ruled that the government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful. Peter Walker explains what happens next.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A charity is threatening the Government with a judicial review over its biomass strategy, arguing that the plan, which is part of the effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, is in breach of the Climate Change Act 2008.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th November 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK’s highest court has ruled the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful.’
BBC News, 15th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rishi Sunak’s government will discover next Wednesday whether its flagship immigration policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Baroness Sheila Hollins has published her final report as Chairperson of the Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Review (IC(E)TR) programme for people with a learning disability and autistic people in inpatient settings. In fact the final report was completed in July 2023, but was not published until 8 November 2023, alongside the Government’s responses.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 9th November 2023
‘On 19th September, the Government published a revised version of the Better Regulation Framework Manual setting out its new approach to impact assessment for regulatory measures. The system it will replace was aligned with the Government’s formal mechanisms to incentivise a reduction in the burden of regulation on business and civil society, but the repeal of the statutory Business Impact Target (BIT) by s. 18 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 and the Government’s commitment to ‘Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy’ in the post-Brexit world prompted revisions. At first sight the proposals, including the creation of a new ‘options assessment’, seem to address some criticisms of the previous system. As always though, ‘the devil is in the detail’ and ‘the proof of the pudding will be in its eating’. This post looks at the proposed changes in the light of past practice to highlight areas where the effectiveness of impact assessment as an accountability mechanism might remain compromised. For reasons of space, this post focuses on impact assessment as a prospective tool rather than its role in post-implementation review.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th November 2023
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Autistic children and those with a learning disability should never be subjected to long-term segregation in hospital – and its use should be “severely curtailed” for adults, a review has recommended.’
The Independent, 8th November 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government has ordered an independent inquiry into a migrant mass drowning in the English Channel.’
BBC News, 9th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Every police force in England and Wales has reported migrants who are domestic-abuse victims to Immigration Enforcement, new data suggests.’
BBC News, 9th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government is to put a football governance bill before parliament in the coming year, confirming the legislation that will create an independent regulator for the game.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
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