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Weekly mandatory food
waste collections
What are the new rules on food waste collections and why are
councils set to miss the March deadline? Ashfords’ energy
and resource management team explain.
Weekly mandatory food
waste collections
What are the new rules on food waste collections and why are
councils set to miss the March deadline? Ashfords’ energy
and resource management team explain.


The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On -
How procurement processes are evolving
Katherine Calder and Sarah Foster of DAC Beachcroft focus on
changes to procurement design at selection and tender stage in
three key areas of change that the Act introduced.
The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On -
How procurement processes are evolving
Katherine Calder and Sarah Foster of DAC Beachcroft focus on
changes to procurement design at selection and tender stage in
three key areas of change that the Act introduced.


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.
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.


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.
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.


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


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.
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.

Self-grants of planning permission, functional separation and demolition avoidance
The lawfulness of emailing licensing decision notices
Intervention: the Monitoring Officer’s view
The role of the backbench councillor
FOI and information held on computer systems
Sentencing guidelines for HSE offences and public bodies
Correcting mistakes in public decision making
The Supreme Court on termination of JCT contracts
Weekly mandatory food waste collections
Weekly mandatory food waste collections
Housing delivery stalling - role of local authorities
Renters’ Rights Act 2025 - what it means for local authorities
DOLS and Under 16s: Insights from Medway Council v A Father
The Local Power Plan: Putting Clean Power in Communities’ Hands
The powers of exclusion panels
Removal from kinship care
When school discipline meets disability
Navigating the expansion of foster care
Personal welfare deputies – Lawson and Mottram strikes back?
No "clinical decision" exemption from best interests
Local Government Reorganisation 2026
Adoption vs long-term fostering
Evolution of the academy trust and maintained school landscape
Care leavers and redaction of records
“Unusual facts and procedural irregularities”
Planning appeals and costs awards
Refusal of planning applications against officers’ advice
Land value and the principle of reality
The latest Sizewell C JR
Impecuniosity and other issues in credit hire claims
Anti-Money Laundering: Key Issues for Local Government Legal and Governance Teams
Arts and Culture, Community and Regeneration: The Two New Streamlined Subsidy Routes
Disclosure to the DBS
The CAT and the New Lottery Subsidy Control challenge
Gender-questioning children under draft KCSIE 2026
Accelerating the planning appeals process: unintended consequences
The convergence of DRS, Simpler Recycling and EPR
Reserve below-threshold contracts for UK or local suppliers under the 2026 Order
CMO Principle and Financial Assistance Further Clarified in Latest CAT Judgment on Subsidy Control
Make Europe Build Again – The EU Industrial Accelerator Act
Affordable housing funding news & unlocking S106 units
The Social and Affordable Housing Programme 2026–2036: new guidance
Housing case alert - February 2026
Residential developments: new section 106 delivery roadmap
The Renters Rights Act and social landlords
Assured tenancies: written statements and information sheets
The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On - How procurement processes are evolving
Book review: “Reforming lessons”
Service charge recovery and the Building Safety Act 2022
The draft NPPF consultation: what’s new
Mobile phones, AI and schools
Transparency in FII cases
Court documents and AI
Next steps for the LGPS after the access and fairness consultation
What is an Officer?
The High Court on the EHRC’s “interim update”
Substituted decision notices and contempt of court
Social media guidance for members
2026 in construction: a look ahead
Track allocation in housing disrepair claims
Withdrawing applications for care orders
Appropriate professional boundaries for teachers
Children under 16 and deprivation of liberty
A Welsh white leopard?
Conversion to an ‘empty’ MAT
Obvious risks: the beautiful game
Development, flood risk and planning judgment
Timed out?
Heat Network Zoning: What the Government’s 2026 Response Means for Local Authorities
A National Security Assessment: Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Collapse – Implications for Infrastructure and Energy
The Community and Regeneration Streamlined Route: frequently asked questions
To lot or not to lot?
Judicial review: prematurity, standing and the correct forum
Sex discrimination and gender reassignment: the Darlington nurses case
New electrical safety regulations for social housing
Restrictive interventions and seclusion in schools
The Mayor of London's strategic planning role
Updates to the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 in 2026
Bus franchising: what next
Infrastructure consenting in Wales
Grey belt tests tested
Schools, grass banks and the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957
Another bite at the cherry? New application issued in the CAT challenges subsidies proposed by Durham County Council
Releasing stalled housing sites
Threshold findings and final orders at Issues Resolution Hearings
Subsidies for regional airports
Local Government Reorganisation 2026
£39,152 - £46,142 per annum
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