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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.

Local Government Reorganisation 2026
Features
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
Correcting mistakes in public decision making
The Supreme Court on termination of JCT contracts
The powers of exclusion panels
Removal from kinship care
When school discipline meets disability
Navigating the expansion of foster care
No "clinical decision" exemption from best interests
Adoption vs long-term fostering
Care leavers and redaction of records
“Unusual facts and procedural irregularities”
Planning appeals and costs awards
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Navigating Local Government Reorganisation
Case study: using enforcement powers for the remediation of buildings
How Finders International Supports Council Officers
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Leaving care provisions demystified!
More Features
Care leavers and redaction of records
“Unusual facts and procedural irregularities”
Planning appeals and costs awards
Land value and the principle of reality
The latest Sizewell C JR
Impecuniosity and other issues in credit hire claims
Disclosure to the DBS
Gender-questioning children under draft KCSIE 2026
The convergence of DRS, Simpler Recycling and EPR
Housing case alert - February 2026
The Renters Rights Act and social landlords
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Council terminates contract with SEND transport provider over insufficient background checks
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Council to amend guidance on EHCP eligibility after Ombudsman investigation into missed education for boy
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Council to apologise, pay £2.4k after teenager with anxiety missed 14 months of schooling
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Council to appeal Upper Tribunal decision in dispute over military service and Education, Health and Care Plans
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Council to be prosecuted following death of school pupil
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Council to check if children missed out on school places after allocation change
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Council to pay £6k “symbolic payment” to family of child who missed full year of education due to its failures
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Council to pay £6k after failings see child miss out on education for 12 months
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Council to pay £8,000 to family of vulnerable boy left without education for 14 months, as Ombudsman alleges lack of understanding of legal obligations
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Council to pay £8k+ after Ombudsman investigation into how autistic girl missed out on 18 months of education
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Council to pay almost £20,000 after child misses out on full-time secondary school education
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Council to pay looked after child £10k for loss of suitable education, following Ombudsman investigation
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Council to pay more than £7,000 to Year 10 pupil left without a school for more than a year
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Council to pay more than £7k after failing to provide "proper education" for boy with SEN
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Council to pay union £647k over alleged failure to inform and consult before transfer of learning disability services
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Council to reimburse school transport costs following Ombudsman investigation
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Council to review alternative education policy in light of Ombudsman report
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Council to review decision on admission of summer-born child after criticism from LGO
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Council to review decision-making process and reimburse mother after boy left without suitable education for second time
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Council to undertake full audit of education provision, pay out £17,500 after Ombudsman finds multiple failures in SEN support
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