Legislation / Legal
HO: New rules will come into force within weeks to cut abuse of the student visa route, Immigration Minister Damian Green has announced recently. Students can currently work in the UK for 2 years after their course has finished. But from 6 April 2012 a more selective system will come into effect so only the most talented international graduates can apply to stayin the UK for work purposes.
EHRC: The Court of Appeal’s dismissal of two discrimination claims supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has narrowed the rights of disabled people when flying. The Commission is considering taking the case of Tony Hook against British Airways and Christopher Stott’s case against Thomas Cook to the Supreme Court.
ICO: The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has served monetary penalties totalling £180,000 to 2 councils for failing to keep highly sensitive information about the welfare of children secure. These latest penalties bring the total amount served by the ICO to organisations found in serious breach of the Data Protection Act to over £1m.
TUC: Weakening the Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations risks driving down pay and increasing unemployment, the TUC has warned. In its response to a government call for evidence on TUPE, the TUC warns that changing current legislation could also lead to an increased involvement of the private sector in public services, with contractors competing for business on lower wages rather than on the quality of the service they provide.
10 DS: The Prime Minister met with the insurance industry, consumer and business groups last week to discuss the rising premiums that many drivers, families, consumers & businesses are facing, and the action that the Government is taking to help bring these down.
There was a commitment from the Prime Minister that the Government will take action to tackle the compensation culture, reduce legal costs and cut health and safety red tape. The insurance industry committed to pass savings made on to consumers.
HMT: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has agreed a new set of standards aimed at combating the global threat of money laundering, terrorist financing and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The UK supports these new standards and the need for FATF and its member countries to promote their implementation.
BIS: Tuition fee challenge fails - A spokesperson for the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills said: “We are pleased the Court rejected outright the suggestion that our student finance reforms breach students’ human rights.”
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