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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.


The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On -
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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.


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.


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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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!
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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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Property specialist becomes fifth High Court judge appointed in September
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Property transaction using Qualified Electronic Signature in Land Registry pilot completes in just 24 hours
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Property used by London boroughs to house homeless hit with planning enforcement notice
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Proposals for changes to Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme "do not address fundamental issues of sustainability": Law Society
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Proposed changes to judicial review for major infrastructure projects risk “sidelining public accountability”: JUSTICE
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Proposed environmental regulation reforms to give regulators more control over permits
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Proposed planning reforms will trigger more appeals and speculative applications, council warns
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Prosecution led by shared legal service sees Morrisons fined £3.5m following death of epileptic employee
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Prospect of stronger sanctions in standards cases welcomed but questions raised about proposal for national body
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Prospect of virtual meetings back on the table as Government "keen" to discuss merits
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Protest group granted statutory review of fracking decision
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Protesters fail in JR bid over "incorrect" planning guidance
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Protocol issued on disclosure of information between Coroners and Family Court in cases involving fatality
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Provider of specialist supported housing loses legal challenge to adverse regulatory judgment
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PSPO banning abortion clinic demonstrations to be challenged in High Court
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Pub hit with prohibition notice after licensing teams found it open for business, customers said to be "hiding in cupboards"
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Pub hit with prohibition order “after drinkers found in cellar”
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Pub landlord challenges imposition of levy by business improvement district
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Pub owner loses appeal over liability order for Business Development District levy
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Pub unused for 11 years can be listed as an ACV, tribunal rules
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