New Act no cure for procurement malaise

New legislation aiming to modernise the UK’s public procurement system doesn’t come along very often. The Procurement Act 2023 has been some time coming, after being subjected to delays since being announced by the previous government, which said it would be one of the biggest changes in UK procurement history.

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Gatwick Airport expansion plans delayed

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has given a tentative approval to the £2.2 billion plan for a second runway at Gatwick Airport, delaying a final decision until October.

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DfT and HS2 Ltd slammed by MPs for reputational risk to UK

The High Speed Two (HS2) programme has become a casebook example of how not to run a major project, says the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee in a new report.

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Consultation opens on tougher construction products regulation

The government has opened a 12 week consultation on a Construction Products Green Paper published alongside its response to the Grenfell report.

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Government sets out reforms to fix building safety

The government has accepted all of the findings of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry final report and says it will act on all 58 of its recommendations.

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New Act to ‘turbocharge’ UK arbitration

The Arbitration Act 2025 that received Royal Assent on 24 February will help attract more businesses from around the world to invest in the UK, says the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

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Network Rail £3.75 million for fatal safety breaches

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd has been fined £3.75 million for health and safety breaches following the death of two track maintenance workers at Margam, near Port Talbot in Wales in July 2019.

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More cladding related professional indemnity policy claims expected despite fall in market

More professional indemnity (PI) policy claims due to cladding related disputes are to be expected despite a fall in the overall number of claims, says CMS in a market review, ‘Claims and consequences: Professional Indemnity in the UK’.

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Consultation opens on Great British Railways plan

Consultation has been launched by the Department for Transport on the proposed legislation that would set up Great British Railways, a move designed to bring an end to the era of privatisation on the UK railway network.

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Tenders invited for ‘biggest hospital building programme in a generation’

NHS England (NHSE) is looking for 10 contractors for a £37 billion framework to deliver new hospitals.

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