Title
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Asylum legal downgrade sparks concern
By Dan Peters | 05 August 2026
Strategic migration partnerships have raised concerns about the impact of a Home Office decision to downgrade its legal duty to provide support to asylum seekers.
LEGAL
Legal action over councillor media ban
By William Eichler | 01 October 2025
A local newspaper group has launched legal action against a decision by Reform UK-led Nottinghams...
HUMAN RIGHTS
Fears over lack of teeth behind mandatory reporting duty
By Neil Merrick | 14 July 2025
Government plans to make it a mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse need to be backed up wi...
SOCIAL CARE
We need to protect those without a voice
By Elyzabeth Hawkes | 13 September 2022
The proposed Bill of Rights may have been postponed, but Elyzabeth Hawkes says there is still no ...
HUMAN RIGHTS
Call over Chinese CCTV firms used by three-quarters of councils
By Martin Ford | 04 July 2022
Human rights concerns have been raised over Chinese CCTV firms linked with almost three-quarters ...
QUEENS SPEECH
Queen's Speech: Mental health laws to be overhauled
By William Eichler | 10 May 2022
Government will reform mental health laws to make it harder to detain people and to stop the disp...
BUSINESS
Call for clarity on council Hikvision use
By Laura Sharman | 26 April 2022
Local government minister Michael Gove has been urged to clarify his position on buying surveilla...
BUSINESS
UN expresses 'serious concern' over cladding
By Dan Peters | 29 June 2020
The United Nations’ special rapporteur on adequate housing has expressed ‘serious concern’ that 6...
LEGISLATION
Rebuilding lives lost to slavery
By Paul Gerrard | 18 March 2019
Local authorities must do more than meet the ‘bare minimum of the Modern Slavery Act’, writes Pau...
LEGISLATION
A charter to tackle County Lines
By Ann McGauran | 18 March 2019
Islington LBC’s first report on the local implementaton of the Charter Against Modern Slavery sho...
FIRE SAFETY
Grenfell residents had human rights breached, watchdog finds
By Laura Sharman | 13 March 2019
The residents of Grenfell Tower had their human rights breached by Kensington & Chelsea LBC befor...
Director of Legal & Governance (Monitoring Officer)
Up to £112k
You’ll provide overall strategic direction and professional leadership to our Legal and Democratic Services team Apply for this job
Director of Digital & IT (CDIO)
Up to £122k inc. market supplement
You will establish a clear and ambitious digital strategy, bringing together technology, data, information governance and service transformation Apply for this job
Head of Housing Management
£89,037 to £92,538
You’ll enhance our emphasis on quality assurance and getting things ‘right first time’ – making better use of technology in our approach Apply for this job
Director of Legal & Governance (Monitoring Officer)
Up to £112k
You’ll provide overall strategic direction and professional leadership to our Legal and Democratic Services team Apply for this job
Director of Digital & IT (CDIO)
Up to £122k inc. market supplement
You will establish a clear and ambitious digital strategy, bringing together technology, data, information governance and service transformation Apply for this job
Head of Housing Management
£89,037 to £92,538
You’ll enhance our emphasis on quality assurance and getting things ‘right first time’ – making better use of technology in our approach Apply for this job
©2026 Hemming Group Limited. Registered in England and Wales. Registered No: 490200. VAT number GB342 023 408
