Report at city council labels £17m emergency accommodation spend “unlawful”
Must read

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.

Local authority legal teams after Mazur
Local authority legal teams will need to review
their practices and work allocation in the wake
of Mazur, but there is no need for
panic writes Timothy Leader.

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
The EIP: 10 Days of the 10 Goals - Goal 5: Waste
The Mental Health Act 2025: key changes
Deleting a pupil from the school admission register: The 20-day rule explained
White Paper or White Flag? And the Big Red Lines
Relationships between teachers and former pupils
Public children law case update – Winter 2026
Age assessment and interim relief
Mainstream means the school, not the experience
Personal welfare deputies, principle and pragmatism
Children and end-of-life care
How do courts approach appeals in care proceedings?
Blue badge parking misuse and enforcement options
Data Centres Enter the NSIP Regime
Scope of Judicial Review in a Contractual Context
Promptness in bringing judicial review claims
The EIP: 10 Days of the 10 Goals - Goal 2: Air
Town halls and charitable trusts
Hillside: Three years on
SPONSORED
How Finders International Supports Council Officers
Walker Morris supports Tower Hamlets Council in first known Remediation Contribution Order application issued by local authority
Unlocking legal talent
How hair strand testing should be instructed for family court proceedings
Webinars
Defending Age Assessment Challenges: A Guide for Local Authorities
More Features
Rights of way, the definitive map and statement and interpreting public documents
The EIP: 10 Days of the 10 Goals - Goal 1: Restored Nature
Valuation date for compulsory purchase order compensation clarified
Compulsory purchase order valuation under scrutiny
Homelessness law reform in Wales
Mobile homes and separate planning units
Cat crimes – should cat owners be concerned?
Section 58 defences and reactive systems
Maintenance of a river embankment
Changes to the building safety regime in Wales
Local authority leisure services: The agency model
Public law case update Q3 2025
Kinship care – latest developments
Roll up, roll up
Proposed changes to the consumer standards
HMOs and “self-contained flats”
Only or Principal Home…again
Top-up fees: a growing risk for councils
-
Vulnerable children left in home with damp and mould after complaint handling failures by city council, Ombudsman finds
-
Vulnerable people "refused fair hearing" in way some councils deal with appeals against housing benefit decisions: Ombudsman
-
Vulnerable people unprotected against "unscrupulous” providers of supported housing: MPs
-
Ward Hadaway bolsters social housing team in Manchester with director hire
-
Ward Hadaway hires social housing lawyer as Legal Director
-
Warm feelings or hot air: the Heat and Buildings Strategy and Heat Networks
-
Watchdog predicts Welsh Government will miss social housing target without significant additional spending
-
We need to talk about Section 73: The Lambeth and Finney cases
-
Weightmans bolsters social housing team with hire of governance specialist
-
Weightmans promotes 12 to partner and 10 to legal director
-
Weightmans promotes social housing lawyer to partner in latest round of promotions
-
Weightmans strengthens social housing team with Wilson hire
-
Welsh council criticises “opportunistic” claimant law firms and appoints defence law firm to handle disrepair cases
-
Welsh council defeats challenge to compulsory purchase of house empty since 1994
-
Welsh council facing renewed judicial review bid over second homes and holiday lets direction
-
Welsh council threatens legal action over developer delay in building community facilities
-
Welsh Government agrees to call from social landlords for delay in implementation of renting reforms
-
Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru unveil package of measures to address high numbers of second homes
-
Welsh Government consults on notice periods for converted contracts under Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016
-
Welsh Government consults on which public bodies should be covered by socio-economic duty of Equality Act 2010
Page 152 of 156
Legal Director - Government and Public Sector
Litgation Solicitor
Locum roles
22-01-2026 10:00 am
Online (live)
27-01-2026 10:00 am
Online (live)
30-01-2026 10:00 am
Online (live)
03-02-2026 10:00 am
Online (live)
03-02-2026 10:00 am
Online (live)
03-02-2026 2:00 pm
Online (live)


