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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
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 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
Land value and the principle of reality
The latest Sizewell C JR
Impecuniosity and other issues in credit hire claims
Disclosure to the DBS
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AI and Lawtech solutions to the age-old problem of sourcing Counsel at short notice: A Management perspective
Navigating Local Government Reorganisation
Case study: using enforcement powers for the remediation of buildings
How Finders International Supports Council Officers
Webinars
Leaving care provisions demystified!
More Features
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
The convergence of DRS, Simpler Recycling and EPR
Housing case alert - February 2026
The Renters Rights Act and social landlords
Book review: “Reforming lessons”
The draft NPPF consultation: what’s new
Mobile phones, AI and schools
Transparency in FII cases
Court documents and AI
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Councils “all too often” failing in duties to prevent homelessness, says Ombudsman
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Councils “forced to compete” for spaces in children’s residential homes, with many children in homes that don’t meet their needs: NAO report
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Councils “letting down tenants” who complain of category one hazards in privately rented homes: BBC report
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Councils “threatening to take children of undocumented parents into care”: claim
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Councils accuse Mayor of London of “staggering level of contempt” as ULEZ cameras installed before challenge heard in court
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Councils accused of “wasting” £60m in a year on tribunal battles over support for children with special educational needs
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Councils adopt mitigation measures to overcome problems with nitrate pollution and development
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Councils agree action plan for waste partnership after £2.8m overspend
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Councils agree action plan for waste partnership after £2.8m overspend
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Councils agree action plan for waste partnership after £2.8m overspend
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Councils agree compensation with Tesco after store development axed
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Councils agree compensation with Tesco after store development axed
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Councils agree to take action over uncompleted road after LGO investigation
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Councils agree to take action over uncompleted road after LGO investigation
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Councils and campaign groups win key judicial review case against Heathrow runway
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Councils and central government failing to secure safe housing in private rented sector, spending watchdog finds
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Councils and charity trustees
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Councils and Directors of Children’s Services support aims of Law Commission on disabled children’s social care, but warn of “unintended consequences” of some proposals
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Councils and Electoral Commission welcome government decision to put May 2020 elections back by one year
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Councils and environmental groups win appeal over third runway at Heathrow
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