Victims who are homeless due to domestic abuse will be prioritised for accommodation from their council it has been announced Under the government’s landmark Domestic Abuse Act councils will have to find accommodation for people made homeless through domestic abuse, helping to ensure victims do not remain with their abuser for fear of not having a roof
Those from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to face complaints from the regulator than their white colleagues, a study by the Bar Standards Board says. The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published a new statistical analysis of the outcomes of complaints made about barristers in England and Wales, and the likelihood of barristers being subject to
Changes in the movement of people to and from the European Union, which will come into effect next year, require urgent preparation and clarification, the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has said. In a letter published today to the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, the committee refers to two
More Nightingale courts will shut this week, the government has said, despite demands from the legal profession for more court capacity reports the Law Gazette. Courts in Birmingham, Hull, Lancaster, Middlesbrough and Stafford will close at the end of the month. HM Courts & Tribunals Service said it will consider replacement venues in locations where
Companies in England now owe local councils almost £2.5 billion in unpaid business rates, according to new analysis. Many firms have seen their debt piles climb higher over the past year after being forced to shut their doors for long periods or having faced disruption from pandemic restrictions. The Government has offered retail, leisure and
More than 300,000 applications for the EU settlement scheme are waiting to be processed just weeks before the deadline for entries. EU citizens and their families are asked to apply to the Home Office scheme by the end of June, in order to continue living and working in the UK now the Brexit transition period
With the demand for properties continuing to increase what do the experts say? The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has warned that the gap between supply and demand in the housing market is the highest it has been since 2013. 32% of those in the property industry reported an increase in people looking to
Some people in London are paying a typical premium of nearly £50,000 to be close to transport links. Those in Glasgow and Manchester face paying around £11,000 more on average, Nationwide Building Society found. Nationwide compared house prices within 500 metres of the nearest metro or railway station with similar properties 1.5 kilometres away. It
House prices went up by 10.9% annually in May making it the strongest growth in nearly seven years, according to an index. The house price growth recorded in May followed a 7.1% annual increase recorded in April, Nationwide Building Society said. Across the UK, property values hit a new record average of £242,832 – up
The UK Government is being urged to extend the deadline for a scheme allowing EU citizens living in the UK to apply for settled status. The current deadline is June 30 and Jenny Gilruth, Scotland’s Europe Minister said thousands of those eligible in Scotland have not yet applied reports PA. Applying to the EU Settlement