Contracting Market

You will have received these changes to your Civil and Criminal Contracts today I have to find them on the “interweb”.
On a first scan the most noticeable point in the Criminal version is the weaving of Peer Review into the contract with a confirmation of the Cat 2 – Competence Plus, threshold for Preferred Suppliers.
It also entrenches the Assessment Reduction Rates as a PI (performance indicator). The set rate is 15% and failure will not initially constitute a contract breach. That said is anyone else experiencing a tougher taxation regime at the moment?
It also looks like this post might have been somewhat premature!