Charlotte O'Kane

Sep 26, 2024 | shorturl.at | Mike Robinson FCA |Faye Law |Charlotte O'Kane |Hannah Frost

Indeed, a number of major roadblocks stand in the way of Keir Starmer delivering on any one of the five ‘missions’ he set for his Government, and indeed its ‘first steps’. Consider just one of these; to build 1.5 million new homes during the course of this Parliament. Delivering this means building 50 per cent more homes than the last Government did over the same period.

Sep 26, 2024 | britsafe.org | Mike Robinson FCA |Charlotte O'Kane |Hannah Frost |Pinsent Masons

Indeed, a number of major roadblocks stand in the way of Keir Starmer delivering on any one of the five ‘missions’ he set for his Government, and indeed its ‘first steps’. Consider just one of these; to build 1.5 million new homes during the course of this Parliament. Delivering this means building 50 per cent more homes than the last Government did over the same period.

Sep 5, 2024 | britsafe.org | Charles Pickles |Faye Law |Mike Robinson FCA |Charlotte O'Kane

Campaigning for a national 40-year asbestos strategyThe current deaths are due to past exposure, as asbestos diseases typically have a latency period of 25 to 60 years. Thankfully, the death rates from asbestos-related disease may have, or surely will begin to decline shortly, due primarily to bold legislative action to ban high-risk asbestos in 1983/4 and all asbestos as late as 1999. The lesson here is that strong action has and will save many thousands of lives.

Sep 5, 2024 | britsafe.org | Mick Dawson |Faye Law |Mike Robinson FCA |Charlotte O'Kane

Three years ago, the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee instigated an inquiry into the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE’s) approach to asbestos management in the UK. In this article, we revisit the findings of the inquiry¹ and also examine the progress made since the Government, via HSE, published its response² to the inquiry report in 2022.