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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!
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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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Simon Bird QC elected Head of Chambers at FTB
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Simon Clarke leaves Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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Simon Clarke named Levelling Up Secretary
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Simple passing of time and unlawful occupation of accommodation could not amount to new fact for the purposes of new homelessness application, judge finds
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Single headline Ofsted grades to be scrapped with “immediate effect”
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Single person discount fraud costing councils £16m a year, research finds
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Single word judgements cannot adequately capture complexity of adult social care, says LGA
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Sir Andrew McFarlane named new President of Family Division
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Sir Wyn Williams sworn in as first President of Welsh Tribunals
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Six in ten county and rural authorities not confident of setting balanced budget: CCN
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Six judges promoted to Court of Appeal
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Six law firms win place on place on £3.1m further and higher education legal services framework for Scotland
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Six local authorities in single month migrate to Local Land Charges Register run by Land Registry
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Six new High Court judges appointed, with another ten on the way
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Six of seven Northamptonshire districts agree unitary plan
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Six teams in running for Legal Team of the Year at LLG Awards 2025
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Sixteen “trailblazer” authorities to receive £170m in funding for employment programmes, employment white paper reveals
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Sixth Form Colleges Association launches legal challenge over Government decision to fund pay award for staff in schools but not colleges
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Sixty per cent of county and unitary councils “not confident” about balancing budget by 2025, research says
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Sizewell C Nuclear power plant opponents to appeal case to Supreme Court
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