Procurement – Covid-19

Carillion test case dropped at last minute

The government has dropped legal action against five former Carillion non executive directors hours before what was being seen as a test case was due to start.

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First use of council powers for a cladding prosecution succeeds

Newham Borough Council has successfully prosecuted a building owner for failing to remove flammable cladding from a residential building despite having been served an improvement notice.

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Labour Party plans new infrastructure costs control unit

A future Labour government will examine every ongoing major infrastructure project to "get Britain building again on day one", Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said in a keynote speech at the party conference.

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Developer fined for bat mitigation licence breaches

A Derby-based property developer has been ordered to pay a total of £14,435.17 in a prosecution brought by Natural England for breaching the conditions of a European Protected Species Bat Mitigation Licence.

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Poor dust control practices uncovered by HSE Dust Kills Campaign

Early findings from the Health and Safety Executive’s Dust Kills Campaign suggest that many companies are taking the issue of dust control seriously, but inspections also found many examples of poor practice.

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Network Rail settles out of court over derailment deaths

Network Rail has agreed to pay almost £1 million in out of court settlements to relatives of people who died, and others who were injured, in the Stonehaven derailment that killed three men in 2020.

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Carillion audits were ‘textbook study in failure’

Failed contractor Carillion was not subject to rigorous, comprehensive, and reliable audits in the three years leading up to its demise, which has led to fines for its auditor KPMG of a record £21 million.

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HS2 leg to Manchester scrapped to fund ‘Network North’ transport investment

The Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 has been scrapped and the £36 billion saving is to be spent on other transport projects in the north of England.

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New building safety regime comes into force

The new building safety regime came into operation this week as the secondary legislation to support the practical implementation of the Building Safety Act (BSA) came into force.

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Scottish government investment plans to fall short

The Scottish Government no longer expects to have enough money to deliver all its planned £26 billion investment in public sector infrastructure, spending watchdog Audit Scotland has warned.

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