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Legal action over councillor media ban
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 Nottinghamshire CC to ban its councillors from speaking to its journalists.

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...

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