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Cabinet Office Minister sets up review of Committee on Standards in Public Life
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Cabinet Office publishes National Procurement Policy Statement setting out national priority outcomes in procurement activities of public bodies
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Cabinet Office sets out how Whitehall departments should review their public bodies
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Cabinet Office to make new delivery model for social value mandatory for central government procurements
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Cabinet Office updates procurement policy note on reserving below threshold procurements
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Cabinet Office warns businesses to pay suppliers on time or risk losing out on government contracts
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Cabinet votes against trading company proposal despite concerns of monitoring officer over conduct of meeting
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Cafcass adopts new policy to protect victims of domestic abuse in court system
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Cafcass and ADCS issue practice guidance on care proceedings where advice of guardian and assessment by local authority are fundamentally different
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Cafcass backs renewed focus on pre-proceedings work in public law children cases - but rejects direct role
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Cafcass blames “unsustainable pressures” as it implements prioritisation protocol for private law cases in West Midlands - other areas likely to follow in weeks ahead
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Cafcass data suggests 10% jump in care cases in first quarter of 2025/26
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Cafcass deactivates prioritisation protocol in four family courts areas as result of “effective partnership working”
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Cafcass issues protocol on attendance of staff at court during COVID-19 recovery
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Cafcass outlines new practice standards for public law work and expanded programme of workshops for local authorities
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Cafcass prioritisation protocol extended to Greater Manchester
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Cafcass receives ‘outstanding’ Ofsted judgment
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Cafcass receives 18,000+ public law applications for fourth year in a row
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Cafcass reports 4.8% fall in care order applications in 2018/19
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Cafcass sees fall in new public law children’s cases in 2021/22 but number of open active children’s cases overall remains 17.6% higher than at start of pandemic
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