will kick-start projects which already have planning permission. The Right to Buy is also going to be brought back to life where families in social housing will be able to buy their own homes at a discount of up to 50% and the receipts will be used to build, for every home purchased, a new additional affordable home. Youth Contract A Youth Contract is to be introduced worth a total of £940 million over the Spending Review 2010 period. The Government will fund wage incentives for 160,000 young people to make it easier for private sector employers to take them on, at least 40,000 incentive payments for small firms to take on young apprentices, extra support from Jobcentre Plus for unemployed 18–24 year olds, an offer of a work experience or a Sector Based Work Academy place for every unemployed 18–24 year old who wants one after three months on Jobseeker’s Allowance, and a new £50 million a year programme to support some of the most disadvantaged 16–17 year olds into education, an apprenticeship or a job with training. To read more about bank levy’s, transport infrastructure, science and energy industries, planning laws, education, nursery care ………..follow the links below. Autumn Statement - Chancellor's speech Autumn Statement - GROWTH
Treasury press release Autumn Statement 2011
Bribery Act
NEW BRIBERY ACT TO COME INTO FORCE 1 JULY 2011
6 April 2011 The Ministry of Justice has announced that the Bribery Act will come into force on 1 July 2011. The Act has faced delays due to criticism that its rules were not practical and comprehensive enough for business. As promised, the government has given a three month notice period before the act is implemented to ensure businesses have time to prepare. The Bribery Act will: · Introduce a corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery by persons working on behalf of a business. A business can avoid conviction if it can show that it has adequate procedures in place to prevent bribery. · Make it a criminal offence to give, promise or offer a bribe and to request, agree to receive or accept a bribe either at home or abroad. The measures cover bribery of a foreign public official. · Increase the maximum penalty for bribery from seven to 10 years imprisonment, with an unlimited fine. A Quick Start Guide has been published specifically aimed at SMEs. Follow this link to read the full press release from the Ministry of Justice
CIPP Policy News Journal
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