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Childminders Recruitment and Retention Consultation

The Department for Education has launched a consultation on how to increase the recruitment and retention of childminders. Consultation with childminders has identified restrictions on how they can use their homes as one of the barriers they face, accordingly, the...

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Housing Ombudsman consults on 19% Fee increase

On 12 March the Housing Ombudsman consulted on its business plan for 2024/25.  2023/24 has been another record year for complaints, with a 91% increase in the number of cases in the first 9 months, compared with the same period in 2022/23. Over the same period,...

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Regulator publishes new consumer standards for social landlords

Regulator publishes new consumer standards for social landlords On 29 February the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) published the final versions of the new consumer standards against which social landlords will be regulated from 1 April 2024, alongside further details of its planned approach to regulation, including inspections.

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