Where’s the support for disabled and older people living through major fire safety remediation works?

Who Are CLADDAG (Leaseholder Disability Action Group)? In early 2020, Sarah Rennie and I didn’t know each other. We lived in different cities, independently starting to campaign on key issues for disabled and older people, which were not being addressed as part of the building safety scandal.

By Georgie Hulme, CLADDAG on 01 August 2023

Outdoor workers count the all-too high cost of air pollution

Nobody should be exposed to unsafe levels of air pollution. Everyone has the right to breathe clean air – whether it’s at home or at work.

By Sarah Woolnough, Asthma + Lung UK on 01 August 2023

Please Hold

Everywhere you look these days, people are talking about wellbeing. It seems the subject of how we thrive, in increasingly complicated modern times, has well and truly arrived. And yet….? Are we really being strategic about this?

By Samantha Peters, Being Well Together Committee on 17 July 2023

Stop the deregulation drive: sensible health, safety and environmental protections are a force for good

The UK has been a global leader when it comes to many social and environmental protections.

By Emma Rose, Unchecked UK on 16 July 2023

Small, yes, but mighty!

Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. Organisations with under 500 staff employ just over 60 per cent of people working in the private sector in the UK.

By Mike Robinson, British Safety Council on 14 July 2023

Sentencing for health and safety offences – how judges retain considerable discretion

Over seven years ago the Sentencing Council’s guideline for the sentencing of health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences (‘the Guideline’) came into force.

By Liam Jagger, Pinsent Masons on 14 July 2023

Health and safety prosecutions: recent cases provide some important lessons

Health and safety practitioners will already appreciate how extensive the duties on their companies to protect safety can be, how easy it is to fall foul of them and the importance of learning from any incidents to prevent any further serious events.

By Chris Green, Keoghs on 14 July 2023

A perfect storm: why funding cuts are affecting HSE’s ability to regulate

Years of underfunding, overwork and underpay at Britain’s principal workplace safety regulator have created a capacity, staffing and skills crisis that threatens its ability to keep people safe at work.

By Mike Clancy, Prospect on 11 July 2023

Offshore oil, gas and renewables: time to close the regulatory void

The recent tragic disappearance of a worker from a floating offshore drilling rig in the North Sea has highlighted concerns UK authorities have insufficient powers to regulate the safety of vessels operating in the UK’s offshore oil, gas and renewables industry.

By Darren Procter, RMT on 09 July 2023

Achieving net zero: why the associated safety risks must be addressed from the very start

By Sean Elson, Partner, Pinsent Masons LLP on 01 June 2023