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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
Intentional homelessness and tenancies obtained by false statement
Defective but not fatal
Self-grants of planning permission, functional separation and demolition avoidance
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
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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
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
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
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LLG President says “one simple tweak” could resolve issues with proposals for exit payments cap
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Lloyd v Google
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Local authorities should seek urgent legal advice on school Covid-19 vaccinations, campaign group says
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Local authority challenges Tribunal costs awards decision following specialist school legal battle
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Local authority companies – Governance health-check
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Local authority loses judicial review over refusal by minister to revoke academy order for school council considered should close
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Local authority ordered to pay mother fleeing ex-partner £10k in compensation following data breach
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Local authority senior solicitor and surveillance law expert joins Act Now Training
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Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman resumes taking new complaints online
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Local Government Association adds voice to criticism of proposals to change SEND tribunal procedures
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Local government contracts and the ultra vires doctrine
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Local resident loses Court of Appeal challenge over planning permission for school near US air force base
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London borough criticised for significant delays in completing Education Health and Care plans
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London borough criticised over approach to deciding school transport applications for children with disabilities
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London borough defends Upper Tribunal challenge over school child with learning disabilities should attend
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London borough discontinues claim against county council in long-running SEND and social care dispute
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London borough faces judicial review threat over outsourcing of SEND services
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London borough faces threat of legal challenge over alleged ‘unlawful’ consultation on children's centre closures
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London borough fails in Upper Tribunal appeal over Education, Health and Care Plan
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London borough latest to receive “serious failings” grade after self-referral to Regulator of Social Housing
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