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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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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LGA warns new outcomes framework for councils remains “top-down”
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LGA warns of “broken” market amid sharp rise in children’s social care placements costing £10k per week
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LGA warns of national council tax fraud crimewave
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LGA warns on dispute between Home Office and police over taxi driver information
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LGA warns on dispute between Home Office and police over taxi driver information
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LGA warns on evictions in drive for office to residential conversions
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LGA warns on evictions in drive for office to residential conversions
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LGA warns on evictions in drive for office to residential conversions
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LGA warns on funding 'black hole' for councils as demand soars for adult care
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LGA warns on funding as modern slavery referrals made by councils rise tenfold in five years
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LGA warns on funding of SEND reforms, backs mandatory mediation of disputes
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LGA warns on risk of having to return £730m in unspent EU funds
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LGA warns over impact on high streets of relaxed permitted development rights
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LGA warns over impact on high streets of relaxed permitted development rights
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LGA warns that Laming recommendation on referrals could "overload" social work teams
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LGA welcomes consultation on updated taxi and PHV best practice guidance but renews call for comprehensive law reform
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LGA welcomes new duties on major social media firms to be included in Online Safety Bill, amid concerns at abuse faced by councillors
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LGE issues guidance for councils on employee absence in adverse weather, fears potential disputes
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LGE issues guidance on tackling employee absence due to air travel disruption, warns of tribunal claims
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LGO accuses council of breaching the law after boy goes without education
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