On 30 January 2020, the Council of the European Union (Council) voted to adopt the agreement on the withdrawal of the UK and Northern Ireland from the EU (withdrawal agreement). This followed the approval of the agreement by the European Parliament (EP) on 29 January 2020. The withdrawal agreement enters into force at midnight on 31 January 2020. For the UK Government and for most of the major institutions of the EU - EP, Council, European Council (EC) - the entry into forc

Next Tuesday and Wednesday (14 and 15 January 2020), the Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear the government’s challenge against a High Court ruling on the lawfulness of a key component of the regulatory regime created by the Immigration Act 2014 - the so-called “right to rent” provisions. It is likely to prove a decisive moment for the growing number of individuals who have fallen victim to the “hostile” or “compliant” environment which the UK government designed through th