5/22/2026 11:12:45 AM "Replacing lower- value human capital" By Surinder Dhillon Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters apologises for saying AI would eliminate ‘lower-value human capital’ after his comments drew...
5/22/2026 8:57:23 AM AI-generated Freedom of Information Act requests: ICO issues latest guidance By Tom Vasov The ICO has published guidance for public authorities dealing with Freedom of Information (FOI) requests which appear to have been...
5/15/2026 9:42:57 AM Updated CPS guidance for protests By Matthew Graham Protesters have been issued new legal guidance ahead of significant planned protests in London this weekend. The updated guidance has a...
3/11/2026 9:27:12 AM It's starting to feel like spring By Ciara Campfield For the first time in a long while, it feels as though education, social care, community economics, and national resilience policy are...
2/13/2026 9:58:31 AM Why a new care covenant must put faith communities at its heart By Lee Coley In 2023, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York issued a report called Care and Support Reimagined: a National Care Covenant for England...
1/23/2026 1:55:15 PM Managing two parallel procurement regimes: Why public sector buyers and commissioners must stay alert By Ciara Campfield If you work with public contracts, you’ll know the Procurement Act 2023 officially kicked in on 24 February 2025. But thanks to the...
1/15/2026 2:55:02 PM Resetting public service delivery: The power of social enterprise at scale By Ciara Campfield Public services today face high demand, limited budgets, and deep social challenges. We see it daily in the work we do at Stone King as a...
1/6/2026 12:30:49 PM New guidance from the Children's Commissioners – "What I wish my parents or carers knew" By Ciara Campfield My son turns 14 this week (yikes!). Like every parent, I want to keep him safe – especially online. I read the Children’s Commissioner’s...
12/17/2025 4:13:19 PM Churches as SEND schools? By Lee Coley At a press conference yesterday, Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, suggested looking to churches that are ‘redundant' five days a...
12/12/2025 9:51:37 AM Don't get caught out! New procurement thresholds go live from 1 January 2026 By Ciara Campfield The UK has - for the first time under the Procurement Act 2023 - issued revised procurement thresholds, effective 1 January 2026.Most...
12/9/2025 1:25:19 PM It is time to rethink contracts... By Ciara Campfield As a commercial contracts and procurement lawyer, I’ve seen the same issue play out again and again: contracts have become dense,...
12/8/2025 1:37:38 PM When systems fail children, we must change the system By Ciara Campfield I've just been reading the latest child poverty figures, and once again they stop me in my tracks, because no matter how long I’ve worked...