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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
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Rebecca Rees provides
key takeaways on six key
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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
The Hillsborough Law Bill: implications for public bodies
Dispensing with notice to father
Court of Protection case update April 2026
The ERA – Benefits and Working Conditions
Asylum hotels, overcrowding and the HMO rules
Defective but not fatal
Intervention: the Monitoring Officer’s view
The role of the backbench councillor
FOI and information held on computer systems
Correcting mistakes in public decision making
The Supreme Court on termination of JCT contracts
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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
Local Government Reorganisation 2026
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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Council to conduct unmet demand survey after court overturns refusal of 13 taxi licences
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Council to consider adopting legal protections for rare chalk streams
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Council to consider dropping Green Belt sites from local plan after Government announcement on proposed changes to National Planning Policy Framework
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Council to consider judicial review challenge over train timetable changes
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Council to consider plan to delete Director for Governance and Regulatory Services post
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Council to consider scrapping Director of Legal and Governance post to make £150k saving
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Council to give staff refresher training on charging for adult social care after failure to give woman clear information
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Council to hire legal firm to advise on appointment of housing maintenance contractor
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Council to hire legal services provider on contract to advise on major bypass
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Council to hold independent review after information given to ex-partner
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Council to hold virtual full meeting due to Covid rise
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Council to implement action plan addressing backlog of “several hundreds” of medical priority reviews after Ombudsman finds fault in housing priority case
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Council to improve handling of Disabled Facilities Grant applications after Ombudsman investigation found “significant backlog” of cases
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Council to keep day centre open after user brings legal proceedings
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Council to keep late night levy despite consultation responses calling for scheme to be ditched
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Council to launch legal action over location of hyper acute stroke units outside area
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Council to make new Traffic Regulation Order after Ombudsman investigation into refusal of parking permits
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Council to meet this week to reconsider whether to withdraw Local Plan after threat of section 5 report saw decision suspended
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Council to obtain legal advice on fighting decision to allow incinerator
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Council to offer child protection specific training contract
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