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Mar 18, 2024

London borough to remove Palestinian flags amid legal threat

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has decided to remove Palestinian flags from council buildings and infrastructure after receiving a letter before claim that argued the flag-flying breached the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Mar 08, 2024

LLG urges members to vote in contested elections

LLG (Lawyers in Local Government) is calling on members to vote for candidates in respect of a number of contested seats, including for the organisation's next Deputy Vice President.
Mar 07, 2024

Government consults on accelerated planning service

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has launched a consultation on an accelerated planning service, planning performance measures, extensions of time, expedited appeals and section 73B applications.
Mar 06, 2024

Spring Budget 2024: key policy measures

Local Government Lawyer rounds up some of the key policy measures in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Budget 2024 affecting the sector.
Mar 04, 2024

Judge rejects challenge to council declining to conduct EHC assessment

The High Court has rejected a challenge against a council’s decision not to undertake an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment, after the local authority had expressed the view that the claimant was aged approximately 10 years older than his claimed age of 17.
Feb 26, 2024

Oflog is “not independent and could be subject to political direction”: LGA

The Office for Local Government (Oflog) is not an independent body, and this lack of independence has potential implications for public trust in its work, the Local Government Association has claimed in a submission to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee’s inquiry into the…