All Government & politics articles – Page 94
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NewsRishi Sunak 'to extend stamp duty holiday'
Chancellor of the exchequer expected to announce three-month extension in the Budget next week.
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OpinionSeeing red
Announcement that UK residents who fail to disclose travel from a red list country will face up to 10 years' imprisonment has caused uproar.
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News18-year-olds would be treated as children under proposed court bill
Conservative MP and former magistrate Rob Butler says court date should not affect how a young person is treated.
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NewsLammy: 'My race review would go further today'
Shadow justice secretary says disproportionality in the criminal justice system has got worse.
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News‘Work from home’ guidance to remain until June at least
Government confirms that a return to office working where not essential will not come until final stage of roadmap.
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NewsConveyancing taskforce set up to manage digital transition
Law Society one of five members that will formulate and agree proposals to improve home buying and selling market.
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OpinionAn oven-ready specimen of judicial over-reach?
If the prime minister is looking for excuses to curb public law activity, he has been handed one on a plate.
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NewsCovid measures a template for ‘worse law’, former government legal chief warns
New regulations 'are not subject to any parliamentary scrutiny before they come into force and, typically, very little afterwards'.
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NewsSusanna McGibbon appointed Treasury solicitor
McGibbon is currently director general of the Government Legal Department and will take over from Peter Fish CB next month.
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NewsSunak urged to act ahead of March stamp duty cliff-edge
Thousands of transactions ongoing and may not be completed in time for stamp duty holiday.
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NewsCrime contract extension could delay legal aid review benefits
Legal Aid Agency decides not to commence tender for new contracts in April due to Covid-19 challenges.
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News‘Supercourt’ unveiled for Manchester alongside host of new Nightingale sites
Walls to be knocked down in Manchester Crown Court and hotels and event spaces converted.
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NewsEviction ban extended until end of March
Housing lawyers remain concerned that tenants could be evicted over Covid-related rent arrears.
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NewsLandmark report paints bleak picture of criminal legal aid
Evidence combining data from representative bodies and Legal Aid Agency will inform independent review.
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NewsLegal comrades show Starmer the red card
Labour leader is ‘demonstrably not a socialist’, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers declares.
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NewsDigital ID 'trust framework' to speed up conveyancing
Homebuyers could create a single digital identity which can be shown to banks, estate agents and solicitors.
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NewsDefendant with Covid symptoms unable to call court
Justice committee told pandemic-hit justice system is causing uncertainty and anxiety for clients.
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News'Token gesture': solicitors criticise £3.5bn cladding intervention
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick says new measures will get home buying and selling back on track.
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NewsLaw Commission revisits proposals amid 'hate crime at home' furore
Commission says 'poorly targeted' exemption would not have protected private conversation in the family car.
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NewsHome Office rejects appeal over public law review evidence
Department says 'safe space' required to formulate policy proposals as Gazette receives more FOI refusals.