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The Practical impact of the Procurement Act 2023
– the challenges, the benefits and the legal lacunas
In the second of three articles for Local Government Lawyer on the Procurement
Act 2023 one year after it went live, Katherine Calder and Victoria Fletcher from
DAC Beachcroft consider some of its practical impact and implications, including
how to choose the right regime, how authorities are tackling the notice requirements,
considerations when making modifications, and setting and monitoring KPIs.
The Practical impact of the Procurement
Act 2023 – the challenges, the benefits
and the legal lacunas
Katherine Calder and Victoria Fletcher from DAC Beachcroft
consider some of its practical impact and implications,
including how to choose the right regime, how authorities
are tackling the notice requirements, considerations when
making modifications, and setting and monitoring KPIs.


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 -
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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
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what local authorities need to consider when it comes to
the Building Safety Act 2022 and service charge recovery.
Service charge recovery
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what local authorities need to consider when it comes to
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Local Government Reorganisation 2026
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The Cardiff Airport subsidy control ruling
Greyhound racing and the separation of powers
Dispensing with notice to father
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The ERA – Benefits and Working Conditions
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The lawfulness of emailing licensing decision notices
Intervention: the Monitoring Officer’s view
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FOI and information held on computer systems
Correcting mistakes in public decision making
The Supreme Court on termination of JCT contracts
Weekly mandatory food waste collections
Weekly mandatory food waste collections
The powers of exclusion panels
Removal from kinship care
When school discipline meets disability
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No "clinical decision" exemption from best interests
Local Government Reorganisation 2026
Adoption vs long-term fostering
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LGA calls for children’s social care reform and increased funding amid soaring Section 47 enquiries
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LGA calls for consolidated legal safeguards for police use of facial recognition and biometric technologies
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LGA calls for delay of introduction of voter ID requirements ahead of May 2023 elections
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LGA calls for government action as number of empty homes in England rises by 10% in five years
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LGA calls for legislation to be brought forward “urgently” ahead of Commons debate on SEND provision and funding
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LGA calls for powers over developers in response to NPPF reforms
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LGA calls for powers to set planning fees locally to tackle council resource struggles
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LGA calls for temporary public health or COVID-19 objective in Licensing Act
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LGA calls for transitional protections for councils that will lose out through Fair Funding Review
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LGA calls for urgent plan to protect councillors amid rise in abuse and intimidation
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LGA calls on Government to work with councils to ensure fly-tipping offenders face tougher fines
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LGA concern over funding for enforcement as research suggests 60% of retailers in some areas breaking law on knife sales
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LGA concern over metrics to be used by Government in deciding whether to intervene in councils
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LGA Conference: calls for improved communication between Home Office and councils over asylum seekers
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LGA criticises 2024/25 provisional finance settlement, says it does not change funding gap facing councils
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LGA expresses “serious reservations” about Government approaches to national scheme of delegation for decision-making in planning system
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