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Todays modern society we take a look at UK roads.

Safety within the infrastructure.

So think first think safety.

1. Do not enter your car under the influence of alcohol
2. Do not enter the car under influence of narcotics
3. Do not enter the car under sleep deprivation
4. Making sure you an the passengers on board have seat safety belts on an babies have seat belt adapter adjacent to the car seat.
5. Check engine coolant tank an engine oil are filled up to the maximum level.
6. Check tryes for psi limits before take of, an also trye treads an the tryes are no bold.
7. Look out for road safety signs.
8. An further road police safety signs
9. Check both your wing mirrors an centre mirror before acting an turning into another direction or over taking making sure pedestrians an motorcycle are not over taking.
10. Plan your destination.

Its the UK road guidelines, to give you some acknowledgement of road congestions, roadworks an car accidents.

So it’s very benificail to subscribe show your support give me some encouragement, an share to keep not only me but others safety within the UK road.

Please call 999 or 101 for emergency an legal authorities assistance.

But please have some Forbearance as our police are very busy day to day.

With racketeering, theft an many other road incidents.

Our Firebirgade are busy with many fires, office, fields etc

an giving our children at school the P.A.T. down talk to our children at school, fireman Sam says do not play with fires or matches

An our NHS are very busy with many elder patients hip operations, heart an disease, cancer an may people have trip slips or falls at work. .

Did you no the most deaths at work are caused by slips trips or falls at work.

Think safety think first

Alnwick

Sunderland

A fault with a train at Clapham Junction this morning is causing problems with trains running through the station.

Both Southern and Gatwick Express services are being affected and Southern says that some trains could be cancelled or delayed as a result.

The problem is at Platform 13 at Clapham Junction which is currently closed and trains are now having to use Platform 15 instead.

Initially the fault was only affecting southbound trains but now the issue is also affecting the northbound trains as congestion builds.

The following routes have been affected for Southern customers:

Southern mainline routes towards East Croydon, Redhill/Reigate, Horsham, Brighton, Littlehampton and Eastbourne/hastings/Ore.

Gatwick Express services towards Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

Customers are asked to use Thamesline services instead which Southern say will be at no extra cost.

Southern say the disruption could continue till 11am.

A £150m upgrade to Gatwick Station is due to commense this May that will see that station transform.

Network Rail say that the works will mean that a new dedicated timetable will be released soon that will allow commuters to still be able to use the station whilst the works are undertaken.

Customers using the station have increased rapidly over the past ten years from around 13m in 2010 to now over 20m.

The aim of the station upgrade is to double the size of the station concourse, adding a new glass-roofed concourse over three of the platforms, refit the existing concourse and add a new separate building which will create more space for customers.

In addition the works will also improve customer access escpecially for wheelchair users and those with luggage.

These changes should reduce overcrowding as well as reduce train delays across the network.

As with any works undertake at stations there will be changes to timetables and there will also be speed restrictions implemented during the two years of works.

A full timetable is expected to be released on the 23rd Feb 2020 but Southern Rail has released a summary of their plans which would run from the 18th May 2020:

• Thameslink services will stay broadly the same as today, however some services between Three Bridges and Brighton will change with some new stops
• • Gatwick Express, there is no change to the number of services operating during the peak weekday commuting hours of 0712-0812 (Brighton to London Victoria) and 1729-1829 (London Victoria to Brighton). Outside these hours Gatwick Express will operate as a regular half-hourly service to and from Brighton, with almost all trains running with twelve carriages instead of eight

Southern services from the West Coastway (Littlehampton via Hove) and East Coastway (Hastings / Eastbourne via Lewes) to London Victoria will now operate as dedicated services, most of which will no longer combine at Haywards Heath. We need to make this change to deliver the upgrade.
This means each route will operate with longer 8-carriage trains throughout most of the day, instead of 4-carriage trains, providing twice as much space on-board and much more passenger space on the busiest sections of thenetwork. West Coastway services will make new station stops at Preston Park (increasing services to half hourly), Hassocks and Burgess Hill, and East Coastway services will make extra station stops at Wivelsfield, introducing a new half-hourly service in both directions.
To achieve this, Southern off-peak services from London Victoria will no longer run direct to or from Brighton. Passengers to/from Brighton to London will need to either use direct Gatwick Express or Thameslink services or change at stations such as East Croydon, Haywards Heath or Preston Park
Other services which operate via Gatwick Airport such as Southern services via Horsham towards Portsmouth Harbour will not be significantly impacted by the works, but timings may change slightly

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Inheritance Tax: Changes proposed in new bill in House of Lords – could it affect you?

INHERITANCE TAX is a tax on the estate (meaning the property, money and possessions) of a person who has died. A new rule is being considered by the House of Lords. What would the proposed changes mean for members of the public?

Thestandard Inheritance Tax rate is charged at 40 percent, however it is only charged on the part of the estate that is above a specific threshold. The standard threshold is currently £325,000, however there are certain instances where anything above this threshold is not subject to the tax.

John Bercow has accused Downing Street of trying to scupper his chances of being made a peer, and dismissed accusations of bullying made by his former most senior official.

Amid an escalating and increasingly public row with No 10, Bercow said it had “become increasingly obvious that the government has no intention of honouring the centuries-old convention that a departing Speaker is promptly elevated to the House of Lords”.

He added: “Indeed, it has been suggested to me that the government actively seeks to block any other attempt to nominate me for membership of the upper house”!

Asked why Downing Street had ignored the convention that Speakers are elevated to the Lords after they step down, a No 10 source said: “The Speaker was not always a fan of convention.”

The comments came after Downing Street called the new allegations of bullying against Bercow “very concerning”, adding further doubt to the reported push by Labour to make him a peer.

A No 10 spokesman declined to comment specifically about allegations made to the parliamentary commissioner for standards accusing Bercow of having bullied and humiliated staff, which the former Speaker has vehemently rejected. But the spokesman said any such claims should be fully investigated, adding that any appointments to the Lords must first be vetted by an independent commission “for propriety”.

It is understood that Robert Rogers, who was clerk of the Commons for three years during Bercow’s tenure before becoming a crossbench peer in 2014 as Lord Lisvane, has filed a formal complaint about the former Speaker to the parliamentary commissioner for standards.

Former Speakers are traditionally made peers, but Boris Johnson’s government is resistant to elevating Bercow, in part due to bullying claims but also because of his role in helping MPs better scrutinise and amend the Brexit process.

Jeremy Corbyn has instead reportedly included Bercow among the Labour party’s peer nominations for the honours list marking the dissolution of the last parliament, which is due soon.

According to the Times, which first reported the allegations, Rogers said Bercow bullied and humiliated staff, including by using inappropriate language.

The No 10 spokesman said: “These are very concerning allegations and they need to be investigated thoroughly. Everyone working in parliament deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. There can be no place for bullying or abuse in Westminster or any workplace, and it is important that the parliamentary leadership responds fully and promptly to any concerns that are raised.”

The spokesman said he had “no knowledge” of any nominations for peers, and could not comment on Bercow’s case: “All nominations are subject to independent vetting by the House of Lords appointments commission for propriety before their appointment.”

Bercow said in a statement: “I have seen in the media that Lord Lisvane is formally complaining that I bullied staff. For the record, I categorically deny that I have ever bullied anyone, anywhere at any time.”

He said the former Commons clerk had “ample opportunity to raise any concerns about such conduct with me” and had “a duty of care to all house staff”. “Therefore, he had not merely a right but a responsibility to act if he thought that he witnessed misconduct,” Bercow said.

“The simple fact is that he did not at any time do so. Even though he frequently disagreed with me on a wide range of issues, he did not once complain to me and neither did any other official on his behalf.”

The business secretary, Andrea Leadsom, a former leader of the Commons, has said that if the complaint of bullying is upheld, it should have an impact on whether Bercow is made a peer.Leadsom said the complaints procedures for Commons staff that she helped to establish applied to everyone in the house.

The whole purpose of that was that anybody, including the Speaker of the House of Commons, whoever he or she may be, should also be subject to that procedure,” she told Sky News. “In the event that there are genuine, upheld complaints about any persons, that should have an impact on whether they are found suitable for the House of Lords.”

Bercow left the Speaker’s chair on 31 October and was succeeded by Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

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Todays modern society we take a look at UK roads.

Safety within the infrastructure.

So think first think safety.

1. Do not enter your car under the influence of alcohol
2. Do not enter the car under influence of narcotics
3. Do not enter the car under sleep deprivation
4. Making sure you an the passengers on board have seat safety belts on an babies have seat belt adapter adjacent to the car seat.
5. Check engine coolant tank an engine oil are filled up to the maximum level.
6. Check tryes for psi limits before take of, an also trye treads an the tryes are no bold.
7. Look out for road safety signs.
8. An further road police safety signs
9. Check both your wing mirrors an centre mirror before acting an turning into another direction or over taking making sure pedestrians an motorcycle are not over taking.
10. Plan your destination.

Its the UK road guidelines, to give you some acknowledgement of road congestions, roadworks an car accidents.

So it’s very benificail to subscribe show your support give me some encouragement, an share to keep not only me but others safety within the UK road.

Please call 999 or 101 for emergency an legal authorities assistance.

But please have some Forbearance as our police are very busy day to day.

With racketeering, theft an many other road incidents.

Our Firebirgade are busy with many fires, office, fields etc

an giving our children at school the P.A.T. down talk to our children at school, fireman Sam says do not play with fires or matches

An our NHS are very busy with many elder patients hip operations, heart an disease, cancer an may people have trip slips or falls at work. .

Did you no the most deaths at work are caused by slips trips or falls at work.

Think safety think first

Some workers are also experiencing “burnout” as technology makes it easier to log extra time and check emails outside designated working hours, and more seem to be affected by mental health problems in recent years.The overall number of sick days taken per employee fell from 5.3 to 4.4 between 2008 and 2018, while the amount of time lost because of mental health conditions went up.

Part of the increase in cost also comes down to a rise in wages paid to workers over the last few years.

The new research by Deloitte suggests that poor mental health cost UK bosses more than £43bn in 2018.

That is an increase of 16% since the last estimate of £37bn in 2016.

How can you put a price on mental health?

The wages people are paid when they’re on sick leave is one way to estimate the cost.

But people often don’t disclose that sick leave is for mental health problems.

So the true costs could be higher.

On the other hand, if your work just waits for you to come back in, it’s not costing your employer that much.

And measuring the cost of underperformance caused by mental health is even more tricky. If you’re making a case to bosses, you’ll need to speak pounds and pence.

But mental health problems are often hard to pin down precisely and the numbers describing them are no different.

The study follows up on a government-commissioned review that found about 15% of people at work have symptoms of a mental health condition.

Changing workplaces

The new study tracks the increase of “presenteeism”, or when people go to work despite not feeling up to it.

If staff are under pressure to attend work, the number of sick days taken falls, and the less productive they are when on-site.

According to Deloitte, this costs bosses more than when staff take a day off.

But only 12.4% of people give mental health conditions as the reason for being off sick, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Nurses and teachers take more time off

Those working in the public sector are more likely to take time off because of mental health problems.

A total of 81% of people working in schools, the NHS, or the police said they always or usually go into work when they should take time off for their mental health.

This number increases to 85% for private sector workers.

Previous research by the BBC found that the number of NHS mental health staff who had to take sick leave because of their own mental health issues had increased by 22% between 2012-13 and 2016-17.

At the time, the union Unite said that cuts to staff and services were putting extra pressure on NHS workers.

Young people are the ‘most vulnerable’

Poor mental health among young people has been described as an “epidemic”.

Younger members of staff are the most vulnerable in the workplace, according to Mind.

The charity found that young people are more likely to use their holidays instead of taking days off work when experiencing poor mental health.

Staff turnover, sickness and lost productivity cost employers about 8% of the average salary for a young person aged 18 to 29 years old in 2018 – roughly equal to £1,723 per employee.

That was the highest proportion of salary of any age group, partly because young people receive lower wages.

Having grown up in the shadow of the financial crisis, money worries can seriously affect under-30s.

A total of 90% of young workers surveyed for Business in the Community said that their mental health is affected by the cost of living.

Under-25s now make up about 6.5% of all personal insolvencies, according to the Insolvency Service.

Experts have said that easy-to-access credit and less secure ways of working can create problems for young people.

They are also the most likely to take on more flexible, insecure types of work like driving for Uber or delivering food for Deliveroo. The TUC trades union body previously found that the number of people doing “gig economy” work had doubled within three years.

Details of organisations which offer advice and support can be found on the BBC’s Actionline.

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Todays modern society we take a look at UK roads.

Safety within the infrastructure.

So think first think safety.

1. Do not enter your car under the influence of alcohol
2. Do not enter the car under influence of narcotics
3. Do not enter the car under sleep deprivation
4. Making sure you an the passengers on board have seat safety belts on an babies have seat belt adapter adjacent to the car seat.
5. Check engine coolant tank an engine oil are filled up to the maximum level.
6. Check tryes for psi limits before take of, an also trye treads an the tryes are no bold.
7. Look out for road safety signs.
8. An further road police safety signs
9. Check both your wing mirrors an centre mirror before acting an turning into another direction or over taking making sure pedestrians an motorcycle are not over taking.
10. Plan your destination.

Its the UK road guidelines, to give you some acknowledgement of road congestions, roadworks an car accidents.

So it’s very benificail to subscribe show your support give me some encouragement, an share to keep not only me but others safety within the UK road.

Please call 999 or 101 for emergency an legal authorities assistance.

But please have some Forbearance as our police are very busy day to day.

With racketeering, theft an many other road incidents.

Our Firebirgade are busy with many fires, office, fields etc

an giving our children at school the P.A.T. down talk to our children at school, fireman Sam says do not play with fires or matches

An our NHS are very busy with many elder patients hip operations, heart an disease, cancer an may people have trip slips or falls at work. .

Did you no the most deaths at work are caused by slips trips or falls at work.

Think safety think first.

Colchester

Marks Tey.

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On Sunday night officers were in the process of identifying the men and contacting their next of kin. No arrests have been made.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said extra police enforcement powers had been authorised for the borough of Redbridge until 8am on Monday following the attack.

He wrote: “I’m in touch with senior Met police officers and local representatives after a serious incident in Redbridge tonight, where three men have lost their lives. My thoughts are with their families and the local community at this dreadful time.”

Ilford South Labour MP Sam Tarry tweeted on Sunday night: “Heartbroken to find out that three people have been stabbed in Seven Kings, Ilford, tonight.”

In a separate post, he added: “Knife crime is a crisis engulfing our capital, bringing heartache, misery and fear to so many

The police, local authorities, schools, youth and mental health services desperately need the funding and support restoring. No ifs, no buts, no excuses.”

Anyone with information can call police on 101 quoting reference 6374/19 Jan or, to remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

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UK house prices rose over the last month at the fastest rate on record for the time of the year, as sellers felt more confident about the outlook for the housing market after the general election, according to Rightmove.

The average price of properties coming on to the market jumped by 2.3%, the biggest rise for the period since the property website started its house price index in 2002. Nearly 65,000 UK properties were marketed over the month, with an average asking price of £306,810.

UK house prices rose over the last month at the fastest rate on record for the time of the year, as sellers felt more confident about the outlook for the housing market after the general election, according to Rightmove.

The average price of properties coming on to the market jumped by 2.3%, the biggest rise for the period since the property website started its house price index in 2002. Nearly 65,000 UK properties were marketed over the month, with an average asking price of £306,810.

Miles Shipside, a director at Rightmove said the election result had provided a “window of stability” for potential movers after a period of instability since the Brexit vote, which had caused some to put off a move.

He said: “The housing market dislikes uncertainty, and the unsettled political outlook over the last three and a half years since the EU referendum caused some potential home movers to hesitate. There now seems to be a release of this pent-up demand, which suggests we are in store for an active spring market.

“While there may well be more twists and turns to come in the Brexit saga, there is now an opportunity for sellers to get their property on the market for a spring move unaffected by Brexit deadlines.”

In the immediate aftermath of the election, between 13 December and 15 January, the number of sales agreed increased by 7.5% compared with the same period a year earlier, Rightmove said.

First-time buyers face record high prices to get on to the property ladder. The average property with two bedrooms or fewer now have a national average asking price of £193,103 according to the property website.

Shipside said: “First-time-buyer activity has remained strong, buoyed by cheap interest rates and the high costs of renting. The downside of this high demand is upwards price pressure, with the average price of typical first-time-buyer property hitting a new record high.

“However, the annual rate of increase remains fairly modest at 1.6%, less than the rate of growth in average earnings, so affordability has actually improved a little for first-time buyers.”

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PEACEKEEPING BID

Boris Johnson could send British troops to civil-war hit Libya to keep peace if ceasefire is struck

BORIS Johnson has revealed Britain could help peace keep in Libya if a lasting ceasefire in the bitter civil war is struck.

The PM made the offer as he joined 11 other world leaders at an emergency summit in Berlin to try to halt a new massacre in the North African country.

While there, Mr Johnson also warned Russian leader Vladmir Putin that relations will remain frozen while his country remains a threat.

The talks were called by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a bid to strike a peace deal and halt the war-torn nation’s capital being overrun by Russian-backed rebel leader General Khalifa Haftar.

Quizzed on whether there could be a new role for British forces in Libya, the PM said: “If there is a ceasefire, yes of course, there’s a case for us doing what we do very well, sending people, experts to monitor the ceasefire.

“I don’t see any ceasefire at all at the moment. That’s what we are arguing for today.”

But No10 officials insisted the effort would be lead by stabilisation teams from the Foreign Office and the number of UK troops would be low.

‘PROXY CONFLICT’

Boris also slammed the “outside forces” of Russia, Egypt and Turkey for fuelling what he dubbed was a “proxy conflict”.

He

added: “Proxy conflicts only come to an end when the external proxies decide they want to bring it to an end”.

Britain and France helped topple Libya’s despot leader Colonel Gaddafi in 2011 but since then the country has been locked in a bloody civil war waged by militia groups against the UN-backed government in Tripoli.

During a ten-minute meeting with Mr Putin in the conference’s side lines, Mr Johnson told him there would be “no normalisation of our bilateral relationship until Russia ends the destabilising activity that threatens the UK and our allies”.

A No10 spokesman added: “He was clear there had been no change in the UK’s position on Salisbury, which was a reckless use of chemical weapons and a brazen attempt to murder innocent people on UK soil.

Friday 16th January 2020

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I am so overwhelmed with my pass out gift from Hatfield Hertfordshire… A huge thankyou to the whole community.

I never ever wanna forget this day.

Applaudable Response from the community.
They have respected me in a divine elevation reminiscence kinda remberance.

How can I forget these tremendous folk?
I came here in absolute despair, with absolutely nothing but my little reputation I had left.

Slowly gradually building myself up, to whom I am today.
More Progressive Progression to grant.

I will succeed with a Purposive.
I’ve sat courses when no-one else would.

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I’ve gained further academic integrity for my further years ahead of “Arts and Humanities”.. Without my church, without the community library to give these people a second chance in life.
I wouldn’t of gained the knowledge or wisdom without them.

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I am greatful.

I hope I can pay you all a visit after my year study is up.

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The whole democracy suffers from mental health, regardless, if it’s a healthy mind or not.
We all have ups an downs’

Highs an lows.
The word Putrissity, comes from a nature of non sinfulness.

Regulatory comes from human disturbance via alcoholism an narcotics.
Healthy minds is also a concept of good nutrition, exercise. Training your mind.

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Family life

*Relationship.

*Work

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Be fair keep working on recipcorated welfare.

The State Opening took place on 19 December 2019 and the Queen’s Speech outlined the government’s proposed policies and legislation for the coming session. The House returns after Christmas recess on 7 January 2020. While the Prime Minister’s priority will be to ‘get Brexit done’, this briefing looks at what we may expect in other policy areas including housebuilding, planning and infrastructure.

Housebuilding targets

The Conservative manifesto (Manifesto) set, not a commitment, but a “target of 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s”. It stated that this would see a conservative administration “build at least a million more homes, of all tenures, over the next Parliament – in the areas that really need them.” That is an average of 200,000 homes per annum and the Queen’s Speech Background paper (Background paper) contains the same number. The latest MHCLG stats show annual housing supply in England amounted to 241,130 net additional homes in 2018-19. The numbers suggest maintenance of the status quo, rather than anything new to tackle the housing crisis therefore.

Up front infrastructure provision

The Manifesto indicated that the planning rules would be reformed to ensure that there is more infrastructure in place before new homes are occupied. The Queen’s Speech confirms that there will be a £10bn investment into a new “Single Housing Infrastructure Fund” to help deliver the roads, schools and GP surgeries needed to support new homes.

‘First Homes’

The Queen’s Speech has promised a consultation on ‘First Homes’; homes available at a discount for key workers and local first-time buyers. The Background paper provides a bit more information on this stating that these ‘First Homes’ would be, “homes for local people and key workers at a discount of at least 30 per cent”. It is suggested that the discount would be secured by a covenant to ensure the discount continues to apply in perpetuity.

The Manifesto also stated that a conservative administration would encourage a new market in “long-term fixed-rate mortgages which slash the cost of deposits” for first time buyers, which sounds a little like a rebrand of the Starter Homes initiative.

‘Environmentally friendly’ and ‘fit for the future’?

While the Background paper also confirmed two new expected bills; a Building safety bill and a Fire safety bill, the Manifesto contained a number of further pledges which have not obviously made their way into the legislative and policy programme as set out in the Queen’s Speech and expanded on in the Background paper.

The Manifesto also contained a pledge to “protect and enhance the Green Belt” and to continue to prioritise brownfield development. It proposed that communities would be asked to “decide [their] own design standards for new development”. It stated that the Government would support modern methods of construction and encourage innovative design and technology including to make housing suitable for an aging population and the disabled.

The Manifesto promised to encourage the creation of “environmentally friendly homes” which it was stated would be “new kinds of homes that have low energy bills and which support our environmental targets” and an expectation for “all new streets to be tree lined”.

The DCLG written statement on the ‘Work of the next department’ which was delivered, before the election, to the HC on 5 November 2019 (5 November Statement) also referred to the future homes standard consultation from October 2019, setting out proposals to “ensure that every new home built from 2025 will have low or zero-carbon emissions and the highest level of energy efficiency.”

The Manifesto pledged an investment of £9.2bn for the energy efficiency of homes, schools and hospitals. The proportion of this that would be allocated to housing was not given.

It is possible though that further detail in relation to these Manifesto promises will emerge with the first Budget that is currently scheduled to take place in February 2020.

Right to Buy and Help to Buy

The Manifesto maintained the commitment to both policies of Right to Buy and Help to Buy. As well as maintaining its Right to Buy policy the conservative Manifesto promised to “evaluate new pilot areas”. The Background paper states that the Government will also “renew the Affordable Homes Programme” and that it will introduce a, “simpler” “reformed Shared Ownership model” to make achieving full ownership easier.

‘A better deal for renters’

The Background paper confirms that the government propose to introduce a ‘Renter’s Reform Bill’ (England only) to make provision for a fairer rental market.

The main elements of the bill are the abolition of the use of ‘no fault’ evictions, giving landlords more rights to gain possession where there is a legitimate need for them to do so, introducing a new lifetime deposit, and expansion of the database of ‘rogue landlords’.

The Background paper also states that the Government plan to end the sale of new leasehold properties and that it will “get rid of unnecessary ground rents on new leases and give new rights to homeowners to challenge unfair charges”.

A “Social Housing White Paper” will be published to set out further measures to empower tenants and measures to support the continued supply of social homes. It will include “measures to provide greater redress, better regulation and improve the quality of social housing”.

It is to be expected perhaps that the White Paper will build on the social housing green paper which was published under the previous government in August 2018 and which set out ambitions for a “new, fairer deal for social housing residents, including making it easier for residents to progress to home ownership.”

‘Accelerated’ planning?

A ‘White Paper’ is to be published setting out what reforms are to be made to the planning system to ensure the process is clearer, more accessible and more certain for all users, including homeowners and small businesses. The Government also intends to address resourcing and performance in local authority planning departments.

Currently, it is not known what may be covered by the Planning White Paper, but it is perhaps reasonable to assume that the new policy agenda will build on the previous administration’s agenda. Some further clues to what the White Paper may cover are contained in the DCLG statement on the ‘Work of the next department’ which was delivered, before the election, to the House of Commons on 5 November 2019 (5 November Statement).

The 5 November Statement refers to an “accelerated” planning White Paper to speed up the planning system, including the potential for fees to be refunded if councils take too long to decide on specific planning applications. That appears to be a reference to potential new approaches to meeting the costs of the planning service where this improves performance. It is perhaps to be expected that it will also consider how greater capacity and capability within local planning authorities ( LPAs), stronger plan-making, better performance management and better procedural improvements could accelerate the planning process for all.

The 5 November Statement included that the “first-ever Government-backed national model design code will be published in the new year [2020] and will set out a clear model for promoting a better design and style of homes across the country, shaped by what people want.”

The previous government said it would increase building rates by incentivising new development of a design and style the public support. The Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission ‘s interim report was published on 9 July 2019 and the final report remains unpublished. The 5 November Statement may then be a pointer to the Commission’s final report. The Manifesto suggested that the Government would give communities a greater say on the style and design of development in their area and “(…) local councils encouraged to build more beautiful architecture.” The Planning White Paper may contain something further on this.

The Planning White Paper may also pick up on some the measures which were announced back on 13 March as part of the 2019 Spring Statement. This included the a promise to publish additional new planning guidance to support housing diversification on large sites in response to the Letwin Review which recommended that greater differentiation in the types and tenures of housing delivered on large sites would increase build out-rates.

The 2019 Spring Statement also included a promise of a package of reforms in response to the Consultation on planning reform: supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes . The previous government’s response to the consultation was published in May 2019 and promised new and amended permitted development rights and changes to use classes, including to support the regeneration of the high street and to extend existing buildings upwards to create new homes. The Manifesto promised ‘A new deal for towns’ and a £150m “Community Ownership Fund to encourage local takeovers of civic organisations or community assets that are under threat”. Again the White Paper and the February Budget may contain further clarifications and announcements.

English devolution

The Background paper promised a White Paper to set out the Government’s strategy “to unleash the potential of our regions, which will include plans for spending and local growth funding.” It is stated that it will provide further information on government plans for full devolution across England, levelling up powers between Mayoral Combined Authorities, increasing the number of mayors and doing more devolution deals. It is also confirmed that the Government remain committed to the Northern Powerhouse, Midlands Engine, and Western Gateway strategies.

The Background paper also confirms that the Government will again pick up and bring forward changes to business rates, which it recognises are a source of local authority income. While further details of a fundamental review are to be announced, the Background paper states that the Government is committed to increasing the retail discount from one-third to 50 per cent, extending that discount to cinemas and music venues, extending the duration of the local newspapers discount, and introducing an additional discount for pubs. It also intends to progress legislation to bring forward the next business rates revaluation by one year from 2022 to 2021 and move business rates revaluations from a five-yearly cycle to a three-yearly cycle to make the system more responsive to changing economic conditions.

A National Infrastructure Strategy

The Background paper confirms that the National Infrastructure Strategy ( NIS) will be published alongside the first Budget in February 2020. It will provide the Government’s formal response to the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) National Infrastructure Assessment 2018 (NIA).

The NIS will have two key aims, firstly, to set out further details of the Government’s plan to invest £100bn to transform the UK’s infrastructure across all areas of economic infrastructure including transport, local growth, decarbonisation, digital infrastructure, infrastructure finance and delivery. Secondly, to address the challenges posed by climate change and to build on the UK’s commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The Background paper includes a number of further infrastructure related policy and legislative commitments further detailed below.

Broadband legislation

Legislation will be brought forward to create a cheaper and faster light-touch tribunal process for telecoms companies to obtain interim code rights (or access rights) for a period of up to 18 months. The stated aim is to allow companies to install broadband connections where the landlord has failed to respond to repeated requests for access.

Existing legislation will also be amended so that all new build homes are required to have the infrastructure to support gigabit-capable connections and to require developers to work with broadband companies to install gigabit capable connections in virtually all new build homes, up to a cost cap.

The Bill’s provisions will extend and apply to the whole of the UK, with the exception of legislative

proposals relating to housing.

Aviation

The Conservative Manifesto indicated that the new third runway at Heathrow is still supported provided it can demonstrate that it can meet all the conditions on noise, air quality and carbon reductions as required in the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS), that the project can be financed and built and that the business case is realistic. The Manifesto stated that the scheme would receive no new public money.

The Background paper confirms that an ‘Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill’ will be brought forward to create new government powers to direct an airport or other relevant body to prepare and submit a proposal to the CAA to modernise their airspace, enabling more efficient, quieter and greener flights.

Also, the licensing framework for air traffic control would be modernised and the police given new powers to tackle the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft. The Bill’s provisions would extend and apply to the whole of the UK.

Rail reform and the High Speed Rail 2 (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill

The Manifesto cast some doubt on whether the new government would continue to promote HS2 by stating that it was considering whether to continue to support the new rail link following the outcome of the independent review into costs and timings. However, the Background paper confirms that, without prejudice to the Oakervee Review’s findings and any Government decisions that follow, it is expected that the Bill will be revived and would begin its next stages in the House of Lords.

Rail reform

The Government will publish a White Paper in 2020. It intends to “end the complicated franchising model to create a simpler, more effective system”. It has also committed to a number of major investments in the railway, including the Midlands Rail Hub, Northern Powerhouse Rail, reopening a number of the lines and stations closed under the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and significant upgrades to urban commuter and regional services outside London.

A UK space strategy

The Background paper states that the Government will prioritise investment in industries of the future including life sciences, clean energy, space, design, computing, robotics and AI. It intends to drive forward development of these technologies by investing in hubs around world-leading universities and by “unlock[ing] long-term capital in pension funds to invest in and commercialise scientific discoveries”.

A new cabinet level National Space Council will be set up to deliver a new UK Space Strategy. The Strategy will boost future funding and lead to a dedicated innovation programme to support future space exploration and exploitation of technology developments by funding cutting-edge British innovation in AI, robotics and satellites.

The Government has also announced that the UK will accelerate efforts to realise nuclear fusion energy through investment in a new UK fusion reactor design programme, known as STEP, which aims to deliver the world’s first commercially viable fusion power plant by 2040.

Climate change

The Background paper confirms that the Government intends to prioritise the environment in its first Budget currently scheduled for February 2020. It intends to invest in carbon capture, offshore wind, nuclear energy, and electric vehicle infrastructure so that individuals are always within 30 miles of a charge point.

The Manifesto included it and the Background paper confirmed that the Government will reintroduce the Environment Bill that will create the governance framework for post Brexit. Further elements of the bill include:

• A new Office for Environmental Protection.
• Improving air quality by setting an ambitious legally-binding target to reduce fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and by increasing local powers to address sources of air pollution.
• Mandating ‘biodiversity net gain’ into the planning system by making biodiversity net gain a condition of the grant of planning permission in England.
• Introducing charges for specified single use plastic items.
• Managing water sustainably through more effective legislation to secure long term, resilient water and wastewater services.
• Ban the export of plastic waste to non-OECD countries.

Most of the Bill’s provisions will extend and apply to England, with a small number of provisions extending to Northern Ireland only. Over half of the Bill’s provisions would extend and apply to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Additional policy proposals confirmed in the Background paper include:

• A new £500 million Blue Planet Fund to help protect our oceans from plastic pollution, warming sea temperatures and overfishing.
• Leading diplomatic efforts to protect 30 per cent of the world’s oceans by 2030.
• Not to compromise high environmental protection in trade negotiations.
• Invest £4bn in flood defences.
• Increase the ambition on offshore wind to 40GW by 2030, and enable new floating turbines.
• Support decarbonisation of industry and power by investing:
• £800m to build the first fully deployed CCS cluster by the mid-2020s, and
• £500 million to help energy-intensive industries move to low-carbon techniques.

To sum up

To start the new decade we may expect, in summary, ‘White Papers’, covering social housing, planning, English devolution and rail reform, as well as consultation on ‘First Homes’ and a review of business rates. In addition we may expect the publication of the National Infrastructure Strategy (NS), a new UK Space Strategy and perhaps a national model design code.

White papers are often published as Command papers and may include a draft version of the bill that is proposed as the basis for further consultation and so that final changes may be made before a bill is formally presented to Parliament. The proposals contained in White papers are usually already advanced and have usually already undergone some consultation. This means that means that the proposals contained in White papers are usually that much closer to implementation and with a shorter timescale to implementation.

Brexit aside then it looks like there are plenty of new developments in the pipeline for early 2020! Given the size of the Government majority we may also expect that there is a very good chance that the Government will deliver on what it has set out

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Proclamation News and Gatherence

Rather extraordinary, in the mail today.

A burgular sucks a man’s toes.

How peculiar, would not wish this on anyone.

What a freak show.

Seriously vast majority of burgulary they go for the goods,
not someone’s assets,

That’s if you can voucher you’re “disaterous toes” as assets’ not

(fungal infectious fossils).