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Government offers chance for public to input on new environment policy (not Wales)
Published : 01 September 2010

A new approach to environment policy has been signalled by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman, who has called for everyone, from birdwatchers ... read more

More choice on when to stop working
Published : 01 September 2010

The Default Retirement Age (DRA) will be consigned to the history books by October 2011 under proposals published for consultation by the Government. ... read more

New measures to stop 'lobbying on the rates'
Published : 01 September 2010

Plans to increase town hall transparency and stop the practice of local authorities hiring lobbyists to press-gang Government into pet funding ... read more

New steps to cut the cost of moving home & open up the books
Published : 01 September 2010

Home buyers can access more information about their new home without having to pay for the information. The fixed fee charged for personal searches ... read more

Radical reforms for police announced
Published : 01 September 2010

A radical new programme of reform to change the face of policing and re-establish the link between the police and the public, tackle organised ... read more

Red tape purge
Published : 01 September 2010

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts has been appointed by the Cabinet Office to lead a new cutting red-tape taskforce to flush out burdens on the ... read more

Sports Minister wants 'bonfire of costly bureaucracy' to help increase participation
Published : 01 September 2010

A review to cut red-tape and bureaucracy that hits sports clubs and holds back participation has been announced by Minister for Sport and the ... read more

The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1901)
Published : 01 September 2010

These Regulations amend the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (thePrincipal Regulations) and come into force on 1st October 2010. Regulation ... read more

What councils need to know about rights of way
Published : 01 September 2010

RIGHTS of way are public highways over which members of the public have a right of passage. There are four categories of rights of way which ... read more

Where next for the Community Right to Build?
Published : 01 September 2010

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has given a cautious welcome to the Government plans for protecting the future of rural village ... read more

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