Adjudication paper on hold again

The industry's eagerly-awaited consultation paper on adjudication and late payment is likely to be delayed until next year, according to sources.
It was anticipated that the paper, which was generated from Sir Michael Latham's review group looking into adjudication and how to tackle late and non-payment provisions, would be released to industry by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) in October.
However, officials close to the review group told CJ that the government has now decided to change the timetable after speculation that a general election might be held early.
"It's all change again," said the source. "The government seems to be of the mind that it needs an early general election as next year might be a rocky one for Labour, what with a forthcoming referendum on Europe."
The source added that both the payment and adjudication groups were on schedule to hand in their reports to Latham by next Thursday before he adds his comments and submits the report to the DTI.