Public Law weekly highlights—25 July 2019

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This week’s edition of Public Law highlights includes selected Brexit headlines and legislation updates, including analysis of the new Prime Minister’s Brexit agenda, a cross-party legal action seeking to prevent prorogation of Parliament, approval of Brexit-related amendments prior to passage of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019, the Cabinet Office’s fourth report on the UK-wide legislative frameworks, stark warnings from the Committee on Exiting the EU on the consequences of a no-deal Brexit and all the latest Brexit SIs. Also in this bumper pre-recess edition, consultations on future trade agreements and defining public service mutuals, updates on the European Commission’s steps against Poland for rule of law breaches, the Government Equalities Office summary of gender pay gap reporting, a new procurement policy note on assessing supplier payment practices in major government contracts, the Commission's latest notice on recovery of illegal State aid, various infrastructure updates, a report on the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire and announcement of the new president of the...