Stone King - Quick Reads

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

11/25/2025 12:29:20 PM

By Julie Moktadir

Yesterday was the ILPA (Immigration Law Practitioners Association) AGM. I have been a Trustee of ILPA for many years, and have been...

11/21/2025 11:52:36 AM

By Ciara Campfield

We were delighted to attend this year’s AoC Annual Conference on 18–19 November 2025 at The ICC in Birmingham. This year’s programme...

11/14/2025 11:07:20 AM

By Lee Coley

The Charity Commission has today published a press release about its engagement with the Archbishops' Council and its conclusions. The...

11/14/2025 10:19:28 AM

By Ciara Campfield

Right now, around 70% of local authority budgets are consumed by care services. A recent report "Ending Extraction in the UK Care System"...