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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
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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.
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Rebecca Rees provides
key takeaways on six key
challenges in housing
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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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How Finders International Supports Council Officers
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Leaving care provisions demystified!
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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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County faces legal action over £20m cut to services for disabled children
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County rapped for failing to meet promises to boy with special educational needs
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County to pay two families £500 annually over “unfair” admissions changes
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County withdraws post-16 transport policy after threat of legal action
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Court and tribunal judgments to be hosted by National Archives from April 2022
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Court finds council breached legitimate expectation for transition planning after withdrawal of portage services
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Court hears test case on ability of parents to make decisions for children over 18 with learning disabilities
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Court of Appeal allows appeal by council over lawfulness of schools reorganisation decision
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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal over decision by council to reduce part of SEND provision by 5%
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Court of Appeal dismisses appeal over whether school should be liable for abuse by work experience individual
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Court of Appeal finds for local authority over teacher suspension
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Court of Appeal grants judicial review application from Welsh Government of the Internal Market Act
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Court of Appeal quashes convictions for unlawfully obtaining personal data
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Court of Appeal refuses claimant parents permission to appeal Welsh sex education ruling
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Court of Appeal refuses permission for challenge to school site closure
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Court of Appeal rejects appeal against injunction over contents of 11-plus tests
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Court of Appeal rejects appeal over changes made by county council to SEN transport policy affecting 16-18 year olds
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Court of Appeal rejects appeal over permanent exclusion, warns undue focus on public sector equality duty may risk “over-legalising” decision-making process
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Court of Appeal rejects claim for negligence, breach of statutory brought by teacher over assault
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Court of Appeal rejects claim over failure to reassess educational needs of 22-year-old disabled man
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