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Speeding up section 106: the new government roadmap for section 106 in England
20 Mar 2026The section 106 system is intended to promote the availability of affordable housing and protect communities from suffering adverse impacts on their local services due to development in the area. However, s106 agreements are often a delay-ridden cog in an increasingly slow and overwhelmed planning system preventing the efficient delivery of much-needed homes.
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A step towards fairness: abolishing forfeiture and reforming rentcharges under the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill
20 Mar 2026The draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill marks a significant milestone in the journey to end the residential leasehold system. Some of the proposals aim to provide homeowners with greater security and long-term certainty. Key proposals include abolishing forfeiture, introducing a court-supervised lease enforcement scheme, and reforming remedies linked to rentcharges.
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EAT remits whistleblowing detriment claim after errors in tribunal’s reasoning
18 Mar 2026The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a dismissal was not automatically unfair for whistleblowing, but held that the tribunal made legal errors when assessing a related whistleblowing detriment claim.
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Government publishes guidance on gender equality action plans
18 Mar 2026The government has published guidance to help employers prepare gender equality action plans ahead of a new reporting requirement expected to become mandatory from 2027.
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High Court confirms TUPE transfer does not trigger early pension entitlement
18 Mar 2026The High Court has confirmed that a TUPE transfer does not amount to “compulsory retirement”, redundancy or reorganisation for the purposes of triggering early payment of pension benefits.
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The impact of the Education Estates Strategy on colleges and post-16 education
16 Mar 2026The Department for Education (DfE) published its Education Estates Strategy: A Decade of National Renewal in February 2026. This strategy outlines the government’s long-term approach to managing and improving education buildings across England. It includes further education (FE) colleges and sixth-form colleges within the national education estate, which collectively account for 9 million square metres of publicly funded internal space.
The strategy marks a significant shift in addressing decades of underinvestment in school and college buildings. It introduces a systematic approach to estate governance, lifecycle planning, and data-driven investment, aiming to improve not only capital funding but also governance structures, estate management capabilities, and the alignment of infrastructure with skills policy.
