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What does the Epping 'asylum hotel' High Court case mean for councils and planning departments?
PLANNING

What does the Epping 'asylum hotel' High Court case mean for councils and planning departments?

By Ben Standing | 08 December 2025

After a council’s attempt to block asylum seekers from staying at a hotel was thwarted by the courts, Ben Standing explains what this means for local authority planning departments and senior leade...

ASYLUM

Epping Forest to appeal Bell Hotel decision despite set back

By Joe Lepper | 03 December 2025

Epping Forest DC is to appeal a High Court injunction to stop the use of a hotel, which has been ...

ARMED FORCES COVENANT

Stepping up support for our armed forces families

By Linda Jones | 02 December 2025

More than a decade after the Armed Forces Covenant was introduced, service personnel, veterans an...

PFI

How to prepare for a smooth, safe and compliant PFI handback

By Lorna Kenyon-Pain | 02 December 2025

Emma Beynon, Alex Lawrence and Lorna Kenyon-Pain look at the issues around handback of Private Fi...

COHESION

Standing firm in the fight for hope

By Aneeka Muneer | 27 November 2025

Aneeka Muneer says that with community tensions growing, the Law Society’s new framework will be ...

DEVOLUTION

Devo Bill 'snatches' power upwards

By Dan Peters | 26 November 2025

Power is being ‘snatched upwards and away from local voices’ by the English Devolution and Commun...

FINANCE

Council starts legal action over fair funding

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025

Richmond upon Thames LBC has started the process for legal action against the Government’s propos...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation: MHCLG must come off the fence on staffing guidance

By Ian Miller | 13 November 2025

Ian Miller says the creation of unitaries means the Government must stop prevaricating, and updat...

REORGANISATION

Navigating procurement complexity during reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 11 November 2025

Crucial to making a success of local government reorganisation is the management of myriad contra...

FINANCE

Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending

By Joe Lepper | 10 November 2025

Worcestershire CC has been handed a statutory financial warning by auditors concerned its spendin...

LEGAL

Professional body for monitoring officers to be launched this month

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 06 November 2025

Launch of professional body for monitoring officers will add to those already established for chi...

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