Voting patterns in council areas could be used to influence policy direction / initiatives for socio-economic gain (e.g. good relations / employment, / migrant integration). Councils may wish to draw up plans to address concerns in some communities as to the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement’s framework of protections. Arts & Culture Programming of international works and touring bodies may be inhibited depending on visa requirements. Procurement Future procurement requirements on major projects and services may change. Councils should consider of appropriateness and efficiency of EU procedures for future high value projects and identify any alternative approaches. The future approach to state aid and economic development interventions may change. The relaxation of State Aid and claw back regulations may enable regions to provide additional support to some industries, which could to support them with public funding when warranted, mean it’s easier within a new accountability framework. Some councils would support relaxing of rules so that they could incorporate more social clauses in procurement contracts, which would make it easier to buy locally and to impose more stringent clauses on fair wages to be provided by providers and subcontractors. There could be benefits to local economies when the State Aid rules are incorporated. Data The Information Commissioner's Office's current position is that Protection organisations should assume the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will continue to apply after its introduction in May 2018, as the UK will need to prove equivalent data protection standards to the GDPR if it wishes to trade within the single market. NILGA is working with councils to develop tiered training in this regard. Cross-border The potential effect of changes to welfare issues affecting low paid (and workers, potentially Council) cross-border workers should be assessed workers & Particularly in the border councils, uncertainty for cross-border commuters Council staff North & South could lead to loss of high quality staff much will depend on – the tax treatment and type of border controls introduced. Councils may wish to consider lobbying for the introduction of legislation for a Common Travel Area (at present there is not a single law on this). The impact on non-UK staff should be considered (e.g. reassurance that terms and conditions of employment are unlikely to change in the near future). Depending on the political will and overall cohesion of the new national regime, legislation on workers' rights (e.g. discrimination rights, TUPE, agency workers, holiday provisions etc.) may change in the medium to long term and these could benefit or adversely impact on councils.
Voting patterns in council areas could be used to influence policy direction / initiatives for socio-economic gain (e.g. good relations / employment, / migrant integration). Councils may wish to draw up plans to address concerns in some communities as to the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement’s framework of protections. Arts & Culture Programming of international works and touring bodies may be inhibited depending on visa requirements. Procurement Future procurement requirements on major projects and services may change. Councils should consider of appropriateness and efficiency of EU procedures for future high value projects and identify any alternative approaches. The future approach to state aid and economic development interventions may change. The relaxation of State Aid and claw back regulations may enable regions to provide additional support to some industries, which could mean it’s easier to support them with public funding when warranted, within a new accountability framework. Some councils would support relaxing of rules so that they could incorporate more social clauses in procurement contracts, which would make it easier to buy locally and to impose more stringent clauses on fair wages to be provided by providers and subcontractors. There could be benefits to local economies when the State Aid rules are incorporated. Data Protection The Information Commissioner's Office's current position is that organisations should assume the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will continue to apply after its introduction in May 2018, as the UK will need to prove equivalent data protection standards to the GDPR if it wishes to trade within the single market. NILGA is working with councils to develop tiered training in this regard. Cross-border workers, workers & Council staff The potential effect of changes to welfare issues affecting low paid (and potentially Council) cross-border workers should be assessed Particularly in the border councils, uncertainty for cross-border commuters North & South could lead to loss of high quality staff – much will depend on the tax treatment and type of border controls introduced. Councils may wish to consider lobbying for the introduction of legislation for a Common Travel Area (at present there is not a single law on this). The impact on non-UK staff should be considered (e.g. reassurance that terms and conditions of employment are unlikely to change in the near future). Depending on the political will and overall cohesion of the new national regime, legislation on workers' rights (e.g. discrimination rights, TUPE, agency workers, holiday provisions etc.) may change in the medium to long term and these could benefit or adversely impact on councils.