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Private residential tenancy: rent provisions
The 2016 Act introduced new rules on rent with the aim of providing tenants with protection against excessive rent increases and providing rent predictability.1Scottish Government . (2020, October).
Committee reports
Date published:
20 December 2020
The Committee recognises that the majority view welcomes the power for courts to ‘strike down’ old incompatible legislation (legislation which pre-dates the Bill), or make a declaration that new legislation is incompatible with the UNCRC (legislation which post-dates the Bill).
Sally Warren, a former UK civil servant who worked through the complete reform trajectory so far published a blog stating:
The new Prime Minister (Boris Johnson) is now joining a long line of politicians, going back to Tony Blair in 1997, who define the problem as ‘removing the fear of selling your house to pay for care’ in older age.
Executive Summary
This is the sixteenth in a series of SPICe briefings covering the negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
This briefing:
Outlines the new set of principles agreed on 21 October for handling an "intensified" phase of negotiations.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2020
This fed into stronger wage growth over the year;
Annual productivity slowed to 0.5% growth in 2019, after increasing by 3.2% in 2018;
Despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit in 2019, Scotland retained its position as second to London in attracting new Foreign Direct Investment projects in 2019.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 November 2020
Much is mentioned throughout this report such as use of technology and care at home services as well as new ways to deliver services. Additionally, we heard decision making was streamlined with the emergence of strategic groups, quicker decision making with senior officials and leaders being empowered to make decisions subject to significantly less interna...
For example, the 2013 Act addressed some of the issues created by social media, including establishing a new “take down” procedure for England and Wales.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2020
Scotland’s most senior judge, Lord Carloway, called for new legislation to help address the growing backlog of court cases, stating that measures proposed so far had simply been "tinkering at the edges" of a major problem.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2020
These changes are designed to ensure certainty, stability and predictability for the people who live and work in Scotland and those who do business here and with Scotland in Europe by updating or aligning devolved law with new EU law where that is appropriate and practicable.iPolicy Memorandum, paragraph 5.