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The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On -
How procurement processes are evolving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katherine Calder and Sarah Foster focus on changes to procurement
design at selection and tender stage in three key areas of change that
the Act introduced.
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Service charge recovery
and the Building Safety Act 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoe McGovern, Sian Gibbon and Caroline Frampton set out
what local authorities need to consider when it comes to the
Building Safety Act 2022 and service charge recovery.

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Fix it fast: How “Awaab’s Law”
is forcing action

Eleanor Jones sets out
what "Awaab's Law"
will mean in practice
for social landlords.

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Housing management
in practice

Rebecca Rees provides
key takeaways on six key
challenges in housing
management including
how to tackle anti-
social behaviour.

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Why AI must power
the next wave
of Social Housing
delivery

 

 

For years, national housing policy has wrestled with the tension
between aspiration and delivery. Targets have been set and missed;
waiting lists have grown longer and the most vulnerable people
in our society have been left with fewer safe, affordable places to
call home. Technology has a key role to play to address this
situation writes Andrew Lloyd of Search Acumen.

Features

Disclosure to the DBS

March 06, 2026
The High Court recently ordered a local authority to disclose to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) findings made by the Family Court following public law proceedings which took place in 2021. Dominik Morton sets out the key points from the ruling.

The CAT and the New Lottery Subsidy Control challenge

March 06, 2026
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has rejected the New Lottery Subsidy Control challenge. Alexander Rose looks into what the case means for public authorities administering public funding and those considering bringing Subsidy Control challenges.

Gender-questioning children under draft KCSIE 2026

March 06, 2026
Miriam Carrion Benitez provides a safeguarding perspective on the important changes in the draft KCSIE 2026 concerning gender-questioning children and outlines steps schools should consider taking.

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Case study: using enforcement powers for the remediation of buildings

The Government has made funding available, up to £100,000 per building, for local authorities to obtain legal advice on pursuing those responsible for remediating buildings – the Remediation Enforcement Support Fund. (The closing date for local authorities to apply for funding is fast approaching and is currently set for midnight on 28 February 2026.) But how does a local authority effectively…

How Finders International Supports Council Officers

Councils across the UK face a growing number of complex cases involving deceased individuals with no known next of kin, unclaimed estates, and long-term empty properties. These situations demand not only legal precision but also sensitivity, efficiency, and resourcefulness.

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The High Court on the EHRC’s “interim update”

February 25, 2026
The High Court has rejected a judicial review challenge brought by Good Law Project and three individual claimants to the “interim update” that the Equality and Human Rights Commission published following the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland. Helen Fry, Suhan Rajkumar and Thérèse Rankin analyse the ruling.

Substituted decision notices and contempt of court

February 25, 2026
A council was recently held in contempt for non-compliance with a First-Tier Tribunal decision following an environmental information request about fixed bollards. John Goss looks at the lessons from the judgment.