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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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Watchdog criticises shortcomings in local government audits
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Watchdog finds evidence of inequality in treatment of ethnic minority ‘Covid heroes’ working in health and social care during pandemic
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Watchdog hightlights “weaknesses” in workforce plans at Welsh councils
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Watchdog hits out at “unacceptable delays” in financial reporting and audit in local government
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Watchdog hits out at four community councils in Wales over unlawful activity and poor governance arrangements
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Watchdog investigates Defra and Natural England over compliance with environmental law covering special protection areas for wild birds
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Watchdog issues guidance for social care commissioners in Wales on meeting legal duties under public sector equality duty
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Watchdog issues report on specific stages in careers of lawyers where barriers can prevent some groups of people from progressing
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Watchdog launches ‘landscape review’ of public standards
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Watchdog predicts Welsh Government will miss social housing target without significant additional spending
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Watchdog presses Secretary of State over lack of government response to January 2019 report on local government ethical standards
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Watchdog questions legality of extension of Automatic Number-Plate Recognition to help enforce expanded ULEZ in London
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Watchdog to monitor how public bodies use AI, issues guidance on avoiding breaches of equality law
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Watchdog updates technical guidance for schools regarding pupils with protected characteristics
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Watchdog urges Levelling Up Secretary to rethink position on local government standards, citing “clear frustration” within councils at limited powers to tackle poor behaviour
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Watchdog voices concern over council resilience and levels of abuse in report on elections in 2024
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Watchdog warns financial management of building control at some authorities “potentially unlawful” amid challenges over implementing Building Safety Act 2022
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Watchdog warns of £1bn annual losses to Welsh public bodies through fraud
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Watchdogs criticise “inconsistent” level of support for children with SEND who do not attend school full-time
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Watchdogs in Wales to consider using their powers to scrutinise decisions and actions taken by public bodies in relation to older people during pandemic
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