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Policy Background. This Partnership Agreement is intended to enhance and sustain effective partnership working between each local authority and the governing body of each school. In pursuance of this, WG has developed the Education in Wales: Our National Mission Action Plan 2017-21 to support improvements in learning and wellbeing of children and young people. The National Mission focuses on the following four key enabling objectives: • Developing a high-quality education profession. • Inspirational leaders working collaboratively to raise standards. • Strong and inclusive schools committed to excellence, equity and well-being. • Robust assessment, evaluation and accountability arrangements supporting a self- improving system.

Policy Background. Core Strategy policy CS4: Providing quality homes and housing choice in Barnet. seeks a boroughwide target of 40% affordable homes on sites capable of accommodating ten or more dwellings. The proposal set out in the deed of variation would not alter the quantity of affordable housing proposed (35%) or change the tenure split or quantity of affordable housing over the extant permission.

Policy Background. In a crisis authorities will be confronted with two basic questions: whether to intervene, and if so how to intervene (e.g. through facilitating a private sector solution, public statements, liquidity support and recapitalisation). As a rule, the handling of a crisis and its resolution are primarily the responsibility of the institution(s) involved. Public intervention, in particular when public money is at risk, should only occur when there is a clear systemic risk, i.e. when there is a serious disturbance of the financial system that, as a result, may have a major impact on the real economy. The purpose of the template is to provide a common language to authorities when they discuss such systemic assessments and the possible effects of related policy measures in a cross-border context. In this way, it enables them to address more clearly any differences in their views on the impact of the crisis and reduces the risk that under the pressure of circumstances they might start discussing how to resolve a crisis before assessing its potential impact. A formal assessment, backed-up by supporting material, further enhances the authorities’ accountability for any recommendations made. Scope assessment. The assessment should be made from the perspective of the domestic financial system, composed of financial institutions, markets and infrastructure, and the domestic real economy. The domestic financial system needs to be defined with reference to those parts that have the potential to disturb the domestic real economy. In defining the financial system’s three components, one should be wary of possible overlaps (resulting in double counting) and gaps. The real economy assessment should only include the effects of the crisis intermediated via the domestic financial system and via foreign financial systems (e.g. direct lending from abroad). In principle, all foreseeable effects should be taken into account, although the further away in time the effects are, the greater the uncertainty. Hence, it might be useful to differentiate between short-term and long-term effects.

Policy Background. The project is a typical base sector operation in that product demand comes from outside of the region. Activities at the site will not be supplanting others, thus the estimated economic and fiscal impacts can be considered “net-new.” The inputs used in the accompanying analysis were provided to the City by the company and may be subject to later change. However, City investments in the project will be based on performance rather than the initial estimates. This impact calculation is largely linear. This means that if actual activity is different than what was originally supplied, the impact calculations can be adjusted up or down in proportion. Economic and fiscal impact models capture direct activity at a proposed site and how the activity impacts other businesses in the broader region. However, certain projects have the ability to further enhance activity beyond a model’s calculations. For example, if the locating business generates tax revenue that is used for needed infrastructure improvements, then additional businesses will be impacted beyond the initial calculations. If the new economic activity makes a particular area more desirable, then existing property values will improve. These are considered real benefits (and are applicable to the City of Buckeye) but are not formally monetized in this analysis.

Policy Background. 3.1 Improving support for ECTs is at the heart of the DfE’s Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy. 3.2 It is essential that ECTs are able to develop the knowledge, practices and working habits that will set them up for a fulfilling and successful career in teaching. At the heart of the DfE’s Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy is a commitment to transform support for teachers at the start of their career. 3.3 Statutory induction is a key step in a teacher’s journey towards a successful career in teaching and is required to support the ECT in demonstrating that they have met the Teachers’ Standards. All organisations that offer statutory induction to ECTs must comply with the same Statutory requirements. 3.4 In January 2019, the DfE published the ECF, which sets out what all ECTs will learn about and learn how to do as part of their strengthened statutory induction. It is based on expert guidance and the best available evidence. The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has independently reviewed the framework. 3.5 From September 2021, all teachers undergoing statutory induction will have a two-year induction underpinned by the ECF. From September 2021, statutory induction will be extended from one year to two years and ECTs will be entitled to an ‘ECF based Induction’. The package of reforms funded by the DfE will ensure new teachers have dedicated time set aside to focus on their development. By the time the new system is fully in place, the DfE anticipates investing up to an additional £130 million every year in ECF induction. 3.6 An ECF induction entitles ECTs to two years of support, including: 3.6.1 Funded time away from the classroom (10% in year 1 as now and an additional 5% off timetable in year 2) to undertake a planned 131-hour curriculum of training, covering all of the ECF ‘learn that’ and ‘learn how to’ statements, including: i) Self-directed study sessions (at least 23 hours). ii) Mentor sessions (~ 59 hours). iii) Training sessions (at least 30 hours). 3.6.2 A trained ▇▇▇▇▇▇, familiar with the evidence and practice of ECF, with additional funded time away from the classroom to support the ECT in the second year. 3.7 The DfE will make available optional support to help schools deliver statutory induction. 3.8 The DfE is committed to providing support for schools to implement the new induction requirements and to minimise the burden on them. This support includes: 3.8.1 High quality, freely available training materials for schools t...

Policy Background. In early stages of environmental policies, specific directives have been elaborated for a large range of individual issues. Motivations where the protection of European citizens against air and water pollution, the regulation of waste flows, the protection of Nature and landscapes as well as the willingness of avoiding distortions in the economic competition due to uneven national emission standards. The full understanding of sustainability issues came then, leading to a redefinition of environmental strategies and the launch in 1998 of the integration process3 with the joint objectives of streamlining the environmental legislation and improving the efficiency of policies. One of the most remarkable achievements to date is the so-called Water Framework Directive built upon the concept of river basin management and targets of ecological quality of water bodies and the full recovery of costs of water protection and management. Agri-environmental policies are also continuously moving towards more ecological integration. Initially foreseen as a way to support farmers’ income in compensation to the progressive decline of subsidies to products, the so-called “second pillar” of the Common Agriculture Policy contained a set of targets beneficial to the rural landscape and the environment. In the recent years, programmes have been undertaken for defining, beyond individual measures, some ecological integrated perspectives, one of them being the so-called “high nature value farmland areas” where the maintenance of adequate cultivation practices (e.g. extensive grazing) is considered as the best way of maintaining the ecological potentials. Nature conservation has progressively moved from species protection towards a policy of habitats conservation, the "birds" directive of 1972 and the "habitats" directive of 1992 both merging in the NATURA2000 process, designated areas covering now 18% of the EU. In the current phase 1 European Environment Agency, 2005. The European Environment State and Outlook 2005. Copenhagen 2 ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇▇/dataservice/metadetails.asp?id=814 3 The Cardiff Process is the name given to the process launched by European heads of state and government (The European Council) at their meeting in Cardiff, in June 1998, requiring different Council formations to integrate environmental considerations into their respective activities. the reflections are developing towards a more systemic approach where the integrity and connectivity of the...

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Policy Background. Policy CS9 of the Barnet Core Strategy (Providing safe, effective and efficient travel) identifies that the Council will seek to ensure more efficient use of the local road network and more environmentally friendly transport networks, require that development is matched to capacity and promote the delivery of appropriate transport infrastructure. Policies DM17 and CS9 seek that proposals ensure the safety of all road users and make travel safer, reduce congestion, minimise increases in road traffic, provide suitable and safe access for all users of developments, ensure roads within the borough are used appropriately, require acceptable facilities for pedestrians and cyclists and reduce the need to travel.

Policy Background. What is being done and why 7.1 Until now, damages-based agreements have not been permitted in litigation before the courts, but their use has developed in ‘non-contentious’ business (i.e. work which falls outside the courts), including employment matters. Section 58AA(10) of the 1990 Act defines an employment matter as “a matter that is, or could become, the subject of proceedings before an employment tribunal”. 7.2 Lord Justice ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ recommended that DBAs should be extended to all areas of civil litigation. He argued that this would provide litigants with the choice of funding methods and the freedom to choose the one that they consider is most appropriate for their case. The Government accepted this recommendation, which is reflected in section 45 of the LASPO Act. 7.3 Lord Justice ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ also suggested that the current regulations for DBAs in Employment Tribunal cases, which address the issue of unfair settlement and penalty clauses on termination of the agreement, could be adapted for DBAs in all areas of civil litigation. Under the regulations governing DBAs in Employment Tribunals, the maximum percentage of damages that a representative may take as a fee is 35% (including VAT). In respect of DBAs, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ recommended that the lawyer’s fee in personal injury proceedings should not exceed 25% of the claimant’s damages, excluding damages for future care and loss. The Government accepted the latter recommendation and agreed that claimants should have their damages protected from excessive legal fees. A similar, although not identical, approach has been taken in respect of conditional fee agreements (“CFAs”) in proposed regulations made under sections 58 and 58A of the 1990 Act for the same reasons. At present in DBAs in respect of employment matters, the 35% cap is inclusive of VAT. 7.4 It was not considered necessary to adapt the provisions in the 2010 regulations which deal with termination (now regulation 8), those which prescribe the information which must be provided to a client before entering a DBA (now regulation 5) or the form in which any amendments to the agreement must take (now regulation 6). This is because section 58AA of the 1990 Act and the 2010 regulations were introduced following concerns that some representatives in employment cases were providing inadequate advice to their clients. This included failure to inform clients about alternative options for funding their claim (for example, through trade union representatio...