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Lovely way to start and end the working week (one day counts as a working week doesn't it?) with a mention from the Law Gazette reporting on the 2026 increase to the SCCO Guideline Hourly Rates.

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www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicit...
Solicitors get costs boost with rise in guideline hourly rates
All Grade C fee-earners now expected to be charging at least £200 an hour.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Did you see the pictures from Manchester Crown Court a few weeks ago? Part of the roof had caved due to no preventive maintenance being carried out. The last government cut repairs so now there are 13 years of backlogs and over £1bn+ (that was the Apr 2022 figure via London Lawgazette) By John Hyde
November 16, 2024 at 5:38 PM
When the teachers, the lawyers and the parents are all up in arms, you know the Government have got things spectacularly wrong.

What a way to treat the people you are supposed to be helping.

See articles today in TES, LawGazette, Special Needs Jungle and here from Send Alliance.
February 20, 2026 at 6:11 PM